Is Fixed-Term Employment a New Risk for Adverse Physical Working Conditions?

• Autorzy: Saloniemi A. , Virtanen P. , Koivisto A. M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Relationships between employment type and the physical work environment were studied among blue-collar workers (n = 1,127). Based on survey data, we set out to compare the evaluations of environmental load and physical strain at work given by fixed-term (17% of all) and permanent workers. The type of employment was not related to environmental load. However, working on a fixed-term basis increased the risk of physical strain at work. Analyses revealed that this connection was evident only among fixed-term construction workers. The results did not support the much-cited view that the disintegration of standard employment has given rise to a new series of work environment problems. Such problems are concentrated in an area with a long tradition of work environment problems, that is, in the construction industry.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

fixed-term employment; work environment; working conditions; construction work

PL

przyjęcie do pracy; czynniki ryzyka; warunki pracy; budownictwo; środowisko; środowisko pracy; zagrożenie fizyczne

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: Vol. 10, No. 1
• Strony: 35--42
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Saloniemi A.

• Work Research Centre, University of Tampere, Finland

autor

Virtanen P.

• Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland

autor

Koivisto A. M.

• School of Public Health, University of Tampere, Finland

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