Publications & technical tools
2020
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Workplace violence and harassment
Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment
24 July 2020
The ILO launches a new report “Safe and healthy working environments free from violence and harassment” which examines prevention through OSH frameworks.
2018
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Violence and Harassment at Work
The Threat of Physical and Psychosocial Violence and Harassment in Digitalized Work
06 February 2018
The workplace is changing rapidly, due to the recent increase of new technologies. Digitalization is impacting management and organisation of workplaces across the world, transforming how, how much, where, and under what conditions, people work.
2012
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Publication
Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints. Practical improvements for stress prevention in the workplace
06 January 2012
Work-related stress is one of the most important issues in many countries. The negative impacts of stress are multiform and can include circulatory and gastrointestinal diseases as well as physical, psychosomatic and psycho-social problems. These in turn can lead to poor work performance, high accident and injury rates, and low productivity.
2003
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Publication
Violence and stress at work in the performing arts and in journalism
01 June 2003
This review aims to identify issues relating to violence and stress affecting employees working in the media and the performing arts, covering a variety of jobs including acting, dancing, musical performance, media work and front-line journalism.
2001
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Publication
Guidance for the prevention of stress and violence at the workplace
16 October 2001
This guidance addresses the nature of stress and violence at work, whether and how work stress and violence affect health and well-being, and what can be done to eliminate or reduce these problems. Employers, employees and their respective organisations are encourage to use this guidance, implement and continually refine their actions and programmes to eliminate and control the problems of stress and violence at work.
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Report Commissioned by the International Labour Organization
The cost of violence/stress at work and the benefits of a violence/stress-free working environment
01 January 2001
This report explores the issues of stress and violence at work with the aim of establishing the costs these problems may present to the individual, the organisation and society.
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Publication
Work-related stress in nursing
01 January 2001
Sources of stress in nursing; the control cycle approach to stress prevention for nurses
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Publication
Stress prevention for bus drivers
01 January 2001
The demands made on bus drivers; recommendations for preventing and combating work stress among bus drivers
1996
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Publication
Bus drivers: Occupational stress and stress prevention
31 December 1996
Studies on the work and health of bus drivers yield comparable results: high demands, low control and low support. This combination spells stress and, consequently, an increased risk of physical and mental occupational ill health, leading to absenteeism and to decreased productivity of employees and enterprises. This paper is primarily directed at bus drivers in metropolitan areas, although many of the recommendations made are also valid for rural, long-distance drivers.
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Publication
Work-related stress in nursing: Controlling the risk to health
31 December 1996
This paper focuses on the management of work-related stress in hospital-based nursing. It is written as an aid to both education and practical action.