2017

1. Publication

   World Day for Safety and Health at Work - Fact Sheets

   09 March 2017

   As part of the 2017 World Day for Safety and Health at Work campaign, a set of fact sheets has been developed to raise awareness and to support countries in optimizing the collection and use of occupational safety and health (OSH) data. They summarize the key elements of a national system for recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases, discuss other complementary methods and sources of OSH data and highlight the challenges in this field.

2016

1. Publication

   Presentation on “Workplace Stress: A collective challenge”

   21 April 2016

   This presentation presents trends on work-related stress and its consequences. It aims at highlighting the key points of the 2016 World Day for Safety and Health at Work.

2012

1. 

   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.

2011

1. Briefing note

   Acute mental care policy in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Japan, 2011

   08 June 2011

   The earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan, on March 11th 2011, was the worst massive earthquake in the last two decades in this country, following those happened in Kobe in 1995 and in Niigata in 2006. The comprehensive picture of Japanese mental health care after the Tohoku earthquakes will be reported soon elsewhere, here some of the general principles of post-disaster mental health care are presented. These basic principles are also outlined in the Guidelines for Local Mental Health Care Activities after a Disaster in more detail. Although the guidelines were prepared prior to the Tohoku earthquakes, the following will introduce the basic principles of mental health care activities that can be applicable to the Tohoku relief effort.

2009

1. Publication

   Violence at work in the European Union

   23 June 2009

2001

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Publication

   Work-related stress in nursing

   01 January 2001

   Sources of stress in nursing; the control cycle approach to stress prevention for nurses

4. 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

5. Publication

   Stress prevention in the offshore oil and gas industry

   01 January 2001

   The cost of offshore stress; the "Triple A" approach to stress prevention in the industry

6. Publication

   Stress prevention in air traffic control

   01 January 2001

   Sources and consequences of stress in air traffic control; prevention of stress for air traffic

7. Publication

   Stress prevention for assembly-line workers

   01 January 2001

   Stress in assembly-line work; practical ways of eliminating stress for assembly-line workers

8. Publication

   Developing a workplace stress prevention programme

   01 January 2001

   Over the past decade or so, much evidence has emerged that it is indeed possible to reduce stress at work, and at the same time improve performance and productivity, provided that a multiple response is adopted which focuses principally on preventing the causes of stress and alleviating the stressors themselves.

2000

1. Publication

   Introduction to the preparation of manuals on occupational stress

   01 September 2000

   This introduction to the preparation of manuals on stress follows the same presentation sequence adopted by most manuals. However, before considering the contents of the manuals, a series of preliminary decisions need to be taken which are of paramount importance for the quality and effectiveness of the message to be delivered. These include: the choice of the approach to be adopted by the manual; and the identification of targets. Consideration is then given to the actual content of the manual.

1997

1. Publication

   Stress prevention for blue-collar workers in assembly-line production

   31 December 1997

   Assembly-line work is often performed in a workplace environment with physical problems, such as noise, vibrations and dangerous machines, which can be an important stress factor. This paper is aimed at providing concrete advice on how to prevent stress in assembly-line work.

1996

1. Publication

   Stress prevention in the offshore oil and gas exploration and production industry

   31 December 1996

   The paper is aimed at providing information on how to identify stress among different groups of offshore workers on various types of installations or in varying locations; and identifying and selecting the options that are available to prevent or minimize the problems of stress offshore.

2. Publication

   Occupational stress and stress prevention in air traffic control

   31 December 1996

   Air traffic controllers are generally considered one of the working groups having to deal with a highly demanding job. This paper is aimed at providing concrete advice on how to prevent stress in in air traffic control.

3. 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.

4. 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.

1984

1. Occupational Safety and Health Series No. 50

   Human stress, work and job satisfaction: A critical approach

   31 December 1984

   This interdisciplinary research study of the relationship between working conditions, mental stress and job satisfaction applies social psychology and ergonomics to occupational health and occupational safety in the interest of quality of working life.