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Autore: |
Spurgeon Anne
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Titolo: |
Working time [[electronic resource] ] : its impact on safety and health / / Anne Spurgeon
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Pubblicazione: | [Geneva], : International Labour Office, : Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 143 p. : ill |
Soggetto topico: | Hours of labor |
Flextime | |
Industrial safety | |
Work - Physiological aspects | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive summary -- Executive summary Background -- Areas for future research -- Conclusion -- Chapter 1 -- Background and scope -- Chapter 2 -- Current trends -- What is working time? -- Number of hours -- Current trends in the number of hours -- Pattern of hours -- Shift work -- Non-standard working -- Current trends in the pattern of hours -- Legislation -- Chapter 3 -- Methodological issues -- Chapter4 -- Working time and health -- Numbers of hours -- Mental health -- Cardiovascular disorders -- Other problems -- Shift work -- Mental health disorders -- Cardiovascular disease -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Compressed working time -- Some special work groups -- Junior doctors -- Chapter 5 -- Working time and safety -- Long hours/overtime -- 12-hour shifts -- Rotational shift work -- Circadian rhythms and performance -- Situation-related -- Individual-related -- Errors and accidents -- Special work groups -- Transport -- Maritime workers -- Drivers -- Railway workers -- Air crews -- Summary -- Chapter 6 -- Individual differences -- Gender -- Age -- Individual circumstances -- Personality attitudes and behaviour patterns -- Physiological and health status -- Job type -- Chapter 7 -- Intervention strategies -- Work schedule organization -- 3-shift rotation -- Task considerations -- Shift-timing -- Rest breaks -- Schedule design -- Overtime -- Modification of the working environment -- Bright light -- Temperature -- Physical work load -- Workplace facilities -- Modification of individual responses -- Pharmacological approaches -- Behavioural approaches -- Training and education programmes -- Chapter 8 -- The management of working time: -- The risk management framework -- Identification of the hazard -- Assessment of risk -- The standard shift work index (SSI) -- Measures for reduction and control. |
Changing the schedule -- Modifying the working environment -- Training and counselling for employees -- Monitoring and adjustment of intervention measures -- Chapter 9 -- Research needs -- Under-investigated situations -- Irregular hours -- Under-investigated effects -- Increased exposure to other hazards -- Reproductive effects -- Family and social effects -- Behavioural effects -- Potential effect modifiers -- Potential interventions -- Monitoring systems -- Chapter 10 -- Conclusions -- References. | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Working time ![]() |
ISBN: | 92-2-118379-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910825823103321 |
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