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Document ID (ISN)101699
CIS number 03-719
ISBN(s) 3-89701-919-1
Year 2002
Convention or series no. Tb 129
Author(s)
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin
Title Health promotion at new types of workplaces
Original title Gesundheitsförderung an neuen Arbeitsplätzen [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Postfach 10 11 10, 27511 Bremerhaven, Germany, 2002. 161p. Illus. Bibl.ref. Price: EUR 15.00.
Abstract Proceedings of a conference on challenges to occupational safety and health posed by new forms of work, held in Hanover, Germany, on 18 June 2001. Contents: future organizational structures and forms of work; work requirements and mental stress related to new forms of work; challenges for occupational safety and heath professionals; strain from call centre workplaces; workplace layout as a means of lowering employee turnover and absenteeism in call centres; studies on the advantages of teleworking and the occupational safety and health hazards related to this form of work; modified health circles as instruments of health promotion among teleworkers.
Descriptors (primary) occupational hygiene; call centres; telecommuting
Descriptors (secondary) health programmes; Germany; plant safety and health organization; conference; risk factors
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Generalities
Broad subject area(s) New technologies
Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Telework