Document ID (ISN) | 102108 |
CIS number |
03-1464 |
ISBN(s) |
89-950050-1-7 |
Year |
2003 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Spurgeon A. Korean Occupational Safety and Health Agency (KOSHA) |
Title |
Working time - Its impact on safety and health |
Bibliographic information |
ILO Publications, International Labour Office, 1211 Genève 22, Switzerland, 2003. 143p. Illus. 220 ref. |
Internet access |
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/protection/condtrav/pdf/wtwo-as-03.pdf [in English]
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Abstract |
This report analyses the effects of hours of work and the organization of working time on workers' safety and health. Main topics covered: current trends (number of hours, shift work, non-standard working hours); methodological issues; working time and health (mental health, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal and reproductive disorders, effects in special work groups); working time and safety; individual differences (age, sex, circumstances, personality and behaviour, health status, job type); intervention strategies (work-schedule organization, modification of the work environment, modification of individual responses, training and education); practical recommendations for the management of working time (risk assessment, hazard identification, control measures, monitoring and adjustment of intervention measures; research needs). |
Descriptors (primary) |
occupational safety and health; work time schedules; hours of work; ILO |
Descriptors (secondary) |
antifertility effects; work organization; report; shift work; night work; part-time employment; cardiovascular diseases; human behaviour; mental health; work-rest schedules; human failure; research; gastrointestinal diseases |
Document type |
E - Books, reports, proceedings |
Country / State or Province | ILO |
Subject(s) |
Ergonomics and work organization
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Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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Browse category(ies) |
Precarious employment Hours of work Genetic factors in reaction to exposures
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