Part, Chapter, Paragraph
1 I, 2. 1 | sector. Around 9% of all workers in the EU25 are employed
2 I, 2. 3 | On the other hand, health workers may be less able to observe
3 I, 2. 4 | lower incomes than employed workers, ageing will lead to a slight
4 I, 2. 5 | work and requirements on workers to be more flexible and
5 I, 2. 5 | is even more complex for workers from the new member states (
6 I, 2. 5 | A growing proportion of workers are employed in the service
7 I, 2. 5 | 2005). Key factors for workers’ well-being are autonomy
8 I, 2. 5 | rising and the percentage of workers over 50 will continue to
9 I, 2. 5 | that the number of older workers (aged 55 to 65) will increase
10 I, 2. 5 | from 2010 to 2030 (older workers + 15.5%, young adults -10%).~ ~
11 I, 2. 5 | lower incomes than employed workers, ageing will lead to a slight
12 I, 2. 5 | work-health issues for older workers. In low-skilled jobs greater
13 I, 2. 5 | disorders. Higher skilled workers face the challenges of stress
14 I, 2. 5 | markets are opened up to older workers.~ ~A second trend is the
15 I, 2. 5 | European Member States.~Migrant workers include two major categories:
16 I, 2. 5 | they are not in a language workers can read or if literacy
17 I, 2. 5 | position that recent migrant workers occupy within the labour
18 I, 2. 5 | in comparison with other workers in similar positions.~According
19 I, 2. 5 | use is made of part-time workers, with women making up the
20 I, 2. 5 | individual level for some workers. The pressure of information-intensive
21 I, 2. 5 | stressful for some older workers. Nevertheless, ‘information
22 I, 2. 5 | may result in new risks to workers’ health.~ ~New qualifications.
23 I, 2. 5 | constant renewal of skills by workers, employers and managers
24 I, 2. 5 | health interventions among workers will be a major future challenge
25 I, 2. 8 | Generally small, except to workers during construction~ ~Lignite~ ~
26 I, 2. 8 | of pollutant emissions, workers protection legislation and
27 I, 3. 3 | of the so-called ‘Older workers’ (55-64) has increased overtime,
28 II, 4. 1 | employment rate for older workers should reach 50% by 2010,
29 II, 4. 1 | employment rate of older workers and in attracting people
30 II, 4. 1 | employment rate of the older workers. Above the age of 50, women
31 II, 4. 1 | employment rate for older workers cannot be expected to be
32 II, 4. 1 | employment rate of the older workers. In 2005 the gaps between
33 II, 4. 1 | force participation of older workers cannot be expected to be
34 II, 5. 5. 3| drugs and mental health workers. Furthermore, stigma leads
35 II, 5. 5. 3| professional healthcare workers is essential to the educational
36 II, 5. 5. 3| Networks of health care workers (physicians, nurses, psychologists,
37 II, 5. 5. 3| professional health care workers should be increased to discuss
38 II, 5. 5. 3| working as teachers, medical workers, or social service workers.
39 II, 5. 5. 3| workers, or social service workers. Taken together, these and
40 II, 5. 8. 4| among Swedish construction workers (Bergahl et al, 2004). In
41 II, 5. 8. 7| COPD among construction workers exposed to inorganic dust~
42 II, 5. 9. FB| adolescence. Finally, office workers are more subject to allergies
43 II, 5. 9. FB| to allergies than outdoor workers. Data about the overall
44 II, 5. 9. 4| in particular groups of workers: over 300 substances have
45 II, 5. 9. 4| than in rural areas, and workers experiencing chronic exposure
46 II, 6. 3. 4| the elderly, healthcare workers and those with chronic medical
47 II, 9. 3. 1| accidents than women, young workers (18-24 yrs) have a much
48 II, 9. 3. 1| other age groups, but older workers (55-64 yrs) have more fatal
49 II, 9. 4. 5| the participation of older workers and the quality of their
50 II, 9. 5. 4| cancer (WHA Resolution 60.26 Workers' Health: Global Plan of
51 III, 10. 1 | for example, agricultural workers and their families are especially
52 III, 10. 2. 1| pancreas in male construction workers: a retrospective cohort
53 III, 10. 2. 1| Areas with the most manual workers had 20% more mortality directly
54 III, 10. 2. 1| practitioners and public health workers with special regard to adequate
55 III, 10. 2. 1| attention of public health workers to improve the health of
56 III, 10. 3. 1| groups, such as children and workers. Every European citizen
57 III, 10. 3. 1| population and the exposed workers). This makes smoking of
58 III, 10. 3. 1| measurements and monitoring of workers exposed to radon at work
59 III, 10. 3. 1| sectors, often twice as many workers report exposures to vibrations
60 III, 10. 3. 1| of the general public and workers against the dangers arising
61 III, 10. 3. 1| of the general public and workers in case of a significant
62 III, 10. 3. 4| population, children and workers who are particularly exposed
63 III, 10. 3. 4| alcoholics, the homeless), workers, and the elderly in temperate
64 III, 10. 4. 2| September 1997 to exposure of workers and leakage into the environment (
65 III, 10. 4. 2| as well as agricultural workers and bystanders;~· consumers
66 III, 10. 4. 2| Exposure Assessment for Workers, Operators, Bystranders
67 III, 10. 5. 3| survey, 23% of European workers are absent from work due
68 III, 10. 5. 3| activity (rate per 100 000 workers)~ ~Perception of the work
69 III, 10. 5. 3| Netherlands.~· 164.8 million workers were employees. Their average
70 III, 10. 5. 3| almost two-thirds of all workers in the EU25 reported working
71 III, 10. 5. 3| 3.11). About 40% of all workers are additionally exposed
72 III, 10. 5. 3| more than one-third of workers have no control over the
73 III, 10. 5. 3| or pace. One-third of all workers report low social support
74 III, 10. 5. 3| Sixteen percent of all workers report long working days,
75 III, 10. 5. 3| days, particularly male workers. Shift work affects 17%
76 III, 10. 5. 3| among women. 13% of all workers feared that they might lose
77 III, 10. 5. 3| control is more common among workers in manufacturing and mining,
78 III, 10. 5. 3| work per economic sector~ ~Workers in agriculture and fishing
79 III, 10. 5. 3| occupation, it is agriculture workers, legislators and managers
80 III, 10. 5. 3| employees works shifts.~Workers in hotels and restaurants
81 III, 10. 5. 3| in the next six months. Workers in education, health, hotels
82 III, 10. 5. 3| superiors is more common among workers in the New Member States
83 III, 10. 5. 3| sectors, often twice as many workers report exposures to vibrations
84 III, 10. 5. 3| work and requirements on workers to be more flexible and
85 III, 10. 5. 3| is even more complex for workers from the new member countries.
86 III, 10. 5. 3| stressful experience for some workers. The pressure of information-intensive
87 III, 10. 5. 3| stressful for some older workers. Nevertheless, ‘information
88 III, 10. 5. 3| A growing proportion of workers is employed in the service
89 III, 10. 5. 3| satisfaction. Key factors for workers’ well-being are autonomy
90 III, 10. 5. 3| rising and the percentage of workers over 50 will continue to
91 III, 10. 5. 3| that the number of older workers (aged 55 to 65) will increase
92 III, 10. 5. 3| from 2010 to 2030 (older workers + 15.5%, young adults -10%).~
93 III, 10. 5. 3| the EU every year. Migrant workers include two major categories:
94 III, 10. 5. 3| they are not in a language workers can read or if literacy
95 III, 10. 5. 3| position recent migrant workers occupy within the labour
96 III, 10. 5. 3| risk, compared to other workers in similar positions. Therefore,
97 III, 10. 5. 3| the workability of ageing workers.~ ~New forms of work~Modern
98 III, 10. 5. 3| more informal. Part-time workers are now more used, with
99 III, 10. 5. 3| renewal of skills by some workers, employers and managers
100 III, 10. 5. 3| health interventions among workers will be a major challenge
101 III, 10. 5. 3| balance the capabilities of workers and the requirements of
102 III, 10. 5. 3| health services for all workers. However, to date, the first
103 III, 10. 5. 3| year, yet only 10-15% of workers have access to basic occupational
104 III, 10. 5. 3| Global Plan of Action on Workers'Health (2008-2017) (http://
105 III, 10. 5. 3| implement policy instruments on workers’ health; protect and promote
106 III, 10. 5. 3| and practice; incorporate workers’ health into other policies.~
107 III, 10. 5. 3| requirements for the protection of workers in the EU, are laid down
108 III, 10. 5. 3| Consultation and involvement of the workers and of the workers’ representatives
109 III, 10. 5. 3| of the workers and of the workers’ representatives are major
110 III, 10. 5. 3| increasing evidence that workers’ health is determined not
111 III, 10. 5. 3| improvement of the health of workers requires a holistic approach,
112 III, 10. 5. 3| health and reaching out to workers' families and communities.” (
113 III, 10. 5. 3| measures for the protection of workers in their workplace. This
114 III, 10. 5. 3| occupational accidents per 100.000 workers in the EU27.~Apart from
115 III, 10. 5. 3| Almost 24% of the EU25 workers report suffering from backache
116 III, 10. 5. 3| the safety and health of workers~- 89/654/EEC: minimum requirements
117 III, 10. 5. 3| instruction and training of workers~- noise reduction by technical
118 III, 10. 5. 3| the safety and health of workers~- 89/656/EEC: suitability
119 III, 10. 5. 3| health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently
120 III, 10. 5. 3| of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given
121 III, 10. 5. 3| regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from
122 III, 10. 5. 3| EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to
123 III, 10. 5. 3| lighting adequate to protect workers’ safety and health~- Ensuring
124 III, 10. 5. 3| higher risk, whereas young workers, migrants, older workers
125 III, 10. 5. 3| workers, migrants, older workers and those with insecure
126 III, 10. 5. 3| the safety and health of workers at work. Brussels. Available
127 III, 10. 5. 3| WHO (2006): Declaration on Workers Health. Approved at the
128 III, 10. 6. 2| lower incomes than employed workers, ageing will lead to a slight
129 IV, 12. 1 | training for health-care workers, early detection and systematic
130 IV, 12. 1 | working environment to protect workers’ health and~safety”~ ~Art.
131 IV, 12. 1 | for with or without prior~workers & tourists authorisation,
132 IV, 12. 1 | Internal Market~Free movement~workers~Directive 2001/19/EC~on
133 IV, 12. 4 | health care for migrant workers, health insurance (DG EMPL)~·
134 IV, 12. 4 | of patients, consumers or workers is at stake, EU agencies
135 IV, 12. 10 | conferences etc) to reach workers and workplaces. Also, the
136 IV, 13. 2. 3| for example, agricultural workers and their families are especially
137 Key, Ap5. 0. 0| windstorms~withdrawal~women~work~workers~workforce~working~work-place~
