Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective

Peters, Susan E.; Dennerlein, Jack; Wagner, Gregory R.; Sorensen, Glorian

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00259-0

Cited by 107 publications

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“…Mandatory working from home may have negative consequences on physical and mental health due to stress, anxiety, difficulty managing work-life balance, and social isolation (1,(28)(29)(30). However, it also allows for flexible work models, whereby employees can benefit from personalizing their work arrangements (31)(32)(33).…”

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SARS-CoV-2 infection among employees working from home and on site: An occupational study in Switzerland

Schmid

Anker²,

Dubois³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies implemented working from home to mitigate the spread of the disease among their employees. Using data from Corona Immunitas Nestlé, a seroepidemiological study conducted among employees from two Nestlé sites in Switzerland, we aimed to investigate whether there was a difference in SARS-CoV-2 infection rates between employees working most of the time from home and employees mobilized in a workplace equipped with a specialized occupational safety unit and strict sanitary measures. We also investigated whether this association was modified by household size, living with children, vulnerability, worries about an infection, and worries about adverse health consequences if infected. Data were collected between 8 December 2020, and 11 February 2021. Previous SARS-CoV-2 infections were ascertained by the presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in the blood. Of the 425 employees included (53% women; mean age 42 years ranging between 21 and 64 years), 37% worked most of the time from home in 2020 and 16% had been infected with SARS-CoV-2. Participants who worked most of the time from home in 2020 had slightly higher odds of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared to participants who never or only sometimes worked from home (adjusted OR 1.29, 95% CI 0.73–2.27). The association was stronger in participants living alone or with one other person (adjusted OR 2.62, 95% CI 1.13–6.25). Among participants living with two or more other persons (adjusted OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.30–1.39) and among vulnerable participants (adjusted OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.13–1.93), working from home tended to be associated with lower odds of infection. In conclusion, in a context of strict sanitary measures implemented in the workplace, employees working from home did not seem to be at lower risk of infection compared to those working on site, especially if living alone or with one other person.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

SARS-CoV-2 infection among employees working from home and on site: An occupational study in Switzerland

Schmid

Anker²,

Dubois³

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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“…In the two decades before the COVID-19 pandemic, the world had already faced two other outbreaks of novel coronavirus disease: severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002–2003 (8098 confirmed cases and 774 deaths) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2012–2019 (2502 confirmed cases and 861 deaths) [ 187 ]. Therefore, considering both the frequency of these events and their potential disastrous effects, there is a need for innovative tools and strategies that allow us to counteract these events properly and timely, in the OSH field and elsewhere [ 188 ].…”

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Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work

Schulte

Iavicoli

Fontana

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The 2030 United Nations Goal 8 for sustainable development focuses on decent work. There is utility in identifying the occupational safety and health aspects of Goal 8, as they pertain to the four pillars of decent work: job creation, social protection, rights of workers, and social dialogue. A workgroup of the International Commission on Occupational Health and collaborators addressed the issue of decent work and occupational safety and health (OSH) with the objective of elaborating a framework for guidance for practitioners, researchers, employers, workers, and authorities. This article presents that framework, which is based on an examination of the literature and the perspectives of the workgroup. The framework encompasses the intersection of the pillars of decent (employment creation, social protection, rights of workers, and social dialogue) work with new and emerging hazards and risks related to various selected determinants: new technologies and new forms of work; demographics (aging and gender); globalization; informal work; migration; pandemics; and OSH policies and climate change. The OSH field will need an expanded focus to address the future of decent work. This focus should incorporate the needs of workers and workforces in terms of their well-being. The framework identifies a starting point for the OSH community to begin to promote decent work.

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“…Nursing is one profession that requires repeated emotional exchanges, incorporating offering care to patients, coordinating between staff or departments, fostering trust and stability, and attending to various human relationships. Emotional intelligence, job stress, self-efficacy, as well as job autonomy are important factors that could decrease nurses' emotional labor as well as increase their job fulfillment and performance [10].…”

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Development and analysis of employee health reformation strategy to manage occupational stress

Kharkar¹

2022

ijhs

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The global employer challenge today is to maintain the work-life balance of employees. Employees are the backbone of any organization. Employees are striving for their excellence in both work and life front but stress is the culprit of health, which creates obstacles. Many times, a person is unaware of health symptoms caused by stress. Emotional imbalance, anger and depression lead to physical health degradation like blood pressure fluctuations, blood sugar level imbalance, upset liver functions, etc. In this paper, 200 male and female respondents as a sample were chosen from multi-national companies from Pune. The new Burnout Sculptor strategy is developed to lower the health impact due to stress. Results show that pre-and post burnout sculptor strategy provides positive health impact to employees.

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Work and worker health in the post-pandemic world: a public health perspective

Cited by 107 publications

References 46 publications

SARS-CoV-2 infection among employees working from home and on site: An occupational study in Switzerland

SARS-CoV-2 infection among employees working from home and on site: An occupational study in Switzerland

Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work

Development and analysis of employee health reformation strategy to manage occupational stress

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