Predicting working beyond retirement in the Netherlands: an interdisciplinary approach involving occupational epidemiology and economics

Abstract

regulation implied that the period of which the employer must pay full salary to the sick-listed employee before being compensated by the municipality "employer period", was extended from 21 days to 30 days. The longer employer period may have influenced how companies manage sickness absence, as well as hiring and firing procedures. The regulation may have had an effect on the dynamics of the labour market as a whole and to some extend in subgroups of certain exposure of occupational health if the regulation favours certain types of industries. In the present study we investigate to what extent such regulation impact the labour market affiliation as a whole and in the context of occupational health. Methods The labour market affiliation will be analysed by the use of the Danish Working Environment Cohort Study 2010, and the 2012 survey of the National Occupational and Health. Both surveys will be linked with the newly released register "Labour market accountant" (AMR) on salary and social payments. The labour marked affiliation will be analysed by a well-established Multi-state model containing five major stages with three trans durable stages; work, sickness absence, and unemployment, and two absorbing stages; disability pension, and early retirement scheme. The two surveys will make it possible to analyse the effect on the labour market affiliation before and after the regulation was initiated. Objective The Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute (OSHRI) established a cohort consisting of workers in six semiconductor-manufacturing companies to determine cancer incidence. The data gathered until 2014 revealed that 43 nonHodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) cases occurred. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of these cases. Methods In 2008, OSHRI established a cohort based on company personnel records and national cancer registration data that could be obtained from Statistics Korea on former and current workers of six semiconductor-manufacturing factories in South Korea since 1998. This study analysed the characteristics of NHL cases that occurred in this cohort. Results In the cohort, 43 NHL cases occurred. Of those cases, 23 were men and 20 were women. The highest incidence of 20 cases occurred in the workers in their 30 s. The years 1995-1999 and 2000-2004 were the most common time periods for entry into the company with 11 and 10 cases, respectively. The types of occupations included: 33 manufacturing workers, 7 non-manufacturing workers, and 3 who could not be precisely categorised. Poster PresentationConclusion Although NHL as an illness that is known to occur at a relatively old age, the prevalence of NHL among former and current semiconductor workers, occurring at a younger working age, may suggest causality based on occupation. As such, identifying their demographic characteristics is a necessary step towards identifying the occupational hazards in the semiconductor industry and the risk factors for development of NHL.

Predictors of working beyond retirement in older workers with and without a chronic disease - results from data linkage of Dutch questionnaire and registry data

“…This study builds on a previous study of Scharn et al, that investigated whether demographic, socioeconomic and work characteristics, health, and social factors independently predict working beyond retirement [ 3 ]. The methods of the present study were integrated with those of this previous study to allow comparison.…”

“…For the current study, we used the same inclusion and exclusion criteria as those used in the previous study on working beyond retirement [ 3 ]. Individuals were included in the analyses if they were an employee and aged 56 to 64 years at baseline and retired during follow-up.…”

“…Independent variables in the domains of demographic and work characteristics, health and social factors were derived from the STREAM baseline questionnaire (2010). The selection of independent variables was based on our previous study reporting on a prediction model of working beyond retirement for older workers on the same population [ 3 ]. In line with the guidelines for prognostic prediction models, all variables that were hypothesised to be associated with working beyond retirement were selected in this previous study [ 15 ].…”

“…To illustrate, within the domain of work characteristics, it was shown that employees working in manual labor and in healthcare were more likely to work beyond retirement than employees from other sectors. Employees having a permanent contract were less likely to work beyond retirement than employees with a temporary contract [ 3 ]. With regard to health, it was shown that employees with better physical health and those who are physically active for more than 30 min at least 2 days per week were more likely to work beyond retirement [ 3 – 5 ].…”

“…Employees having a permanent contract were less likely to work beyond retirement than employees with a temporary contract [ 3 ]. With regard to health, it was shown that employees with better physical health and those who are physically active for more than 30 min at least 2 days per week were more likely to work beyond retirement [ 3 – 5 ]. Within the social domain, the partner’s opinion on continued working played a role in previous research.…”