Trendanalyses op basis van de NEA: een beschouwing van de NEA-designwijzigingen per 2014

Vanaf 2014 verschilt de wijze van gegevensverzameling van de NEA op enkele punten van eerdere jaargangen. Dergelijke veranderingen kunnen systematische effecten op de uitkomsten hebben. In hoeverre hiervan sprake is, en of de uitkomsten dan nog volgtijdelijk vergelijkbaar zijn, kan op verschillende manieren onderzocht worden. CBS en TNO hebben...

Arbeidsomstandigheden van migranten in Nederland

De krimpende beroepsbevolking maakt het noodzakelijk dat meer mensen langer aan het werk blijven. Het is vanuit dat perspectief van belang om inzicht te hebben in arbeidsomstandigheden en potentiële uitval uit het werk van werknemers. Een multiculturele samenleving, zoals de Nederlandse, vraagt daarbij om het beantwoorden van specifieke...

Job Strain and the risk of stroke: An individual-participant data meta-analysis

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Psychosocial stress at work has been proposed to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, its role as a risk factor for stroke is uncertain. METHODS: We conducted an individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 196 380 males and females from 14 European cohort studies to investigate the association between...

Netherlands: Steady decline in job autonomy

Research shows that job autonomy has predominantly positive effects, such as the prevention of stress, burnout and cardiovascular disease. Employees with a good deal of autonomy generally report better well-being, are more productive, more creative, have more self-esteem and have higher work motivation (Lopes et al, 2014). Autonomy also has...

OSH system at national level - Netherlands

The Dutch occupational safety and health legislation started in 1874 with the first law against child labor, which forbid children until the age of 12 to work in factories. Followed in 1889 by the first Labor Act (Arbeidswet) and in 1895 by the first ‘Safety Act’ (Veiligheidswet). These acts were adapted several times, and in the last decennia...

Dimensional comparability of psychosocial working conditions as covered in European monitoring questionnaires

Background.In most countries in the EU, national surveys are used to monitor working conditions and health. Since the development processes behind the various surveys are not necessarily theoretical, but certainly practical and political, the extent of similarity among the dimensions covered in these surveys has been unclear. Another interesting...

Occupational health and safety services

The position, role and aim of the protective and preventive services (article 7 of the Framework directive (89/391/EEC within the legal OSH-system will be the focus point of this article. Article 13 of the EU Treaty gives the EU the possibility to draft a legal framework on occupational safety and health. The fundamental elements of such an...

Netherlands: Employment opportunities for people with chronic diseases

There is no clear national definition of a chronic disease in a work situation in the Netherlands. Questionnaire data shows that between 25% and 30% of all workers are affected by a chronic disease. Worker with a chronic disease have slightly different working conditions as compared to workers without a chronic disease but differences may be...

Effectiviteit van arbomaatregelen

Job strain as a risk factor for leisure-time physical inactivity: An individual-participant meta-analysis of up to 170,000 men and women

Unfavorable work characteristics, such as low job control and too high or too low job demands, have been suggested to increase the likelihood of physical inactivity during leisure time, but this has not been verified in large-scale studies. The authors combined individual-level data from 14 European cohort studies (baseline years from 1985-1988...

Job strain as a risk factor for coronary heart disease: A collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data

Background Published work assessing psychosocial stress (job strain) as a risk factor for coronary heart disease is inconsistent and subject to publication bias and reverse causation bias. We analysed the relation between job strain and coronary heart disease with a meta-analysis of published and unpublished studies. Methods We used individual...

NEA 2011: vinger aan de pols van werkend Nederland

Ziekteverzuim in Nederland 2009. Presentatie Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid 23 februari 2011

Meer werknemers met burn-outklachten

Ziekteverzuim in Nederland in 2009: brochure

De brochure ‘Ziekteverzuim in Nederland in 2009’ bevat kerncijfers over ziekteverzuim. De brochure is geschreven voor verschillende doelgroepen en is in het bijzonder relevant voor werkgevers, werknemers, vertegenwoordigers van werkgevers en werknemers, arboprofessionals, andere ondersteuners van bedrijven en overheden. Bent u bijvoorbeeld...

Heavy work and the possibility of early retirement

Occupations involving ‘heavy work’ may be exempt from the proposal by the Dutch government to increase the retirement age from 65 to 67 years. The concept of heavy work is multi-dimensional; it should not be solely about physically heavy work but should at least also take account of the psychosocial workload. It will be difficult to identify...

Impact of high-risk jobs on long-term work absence

Long-term work absence is an issue of concern among employers and employees in the Netherlands. Disparities between occupations in terms of sick leave cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of the workers, the job, the company or the working conditions. After adjusting for these factors, occupation remains an independent...

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