Convegno organizzato dall'Universitą Cattolica del Sacro Cuore con l'obiettivo di individuare le implicazioni sociali ed economiche della salute e sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro.
LUOGO
Universitą Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Largo A. Gemelli, 1 - 20123 Milano
DATA
2,3 Luglio 2010
The theme of the conference is the assessment of the economic contexts, institutional structures and policy frameworks on occupational safety and health with the objective of identifying areas of policy action.
It intends to provide a better understanding of the economic implications of health at work, bringing together the contributions of different disciplines: economics, sociology, occupational health and epidemiology.
It will cover topics as:
1. The relationship between health and working conditions at the workplace
2. The economic costs borne by the worker and the firm from adverse work-related health conditions
3. The role of work-environment health and safety practices in relation to the productivity of
the firm
4. The overall impact of work-related health on a set of relevant outcomes for individual workers and their firms (such as injury rates, absenteeism due to health reasons and quits)
5. Occupational health and safety at work related to gender and age issues in light of the feminisation of the labour market and an ageing population
6. The social and economic value of improvement of health at work and its contribution to the
improvement of the quality of the job, job satisfaction and reduction of lost time at work
7. Compensation for adverse working conditions
8. Health and safety at work indicators research
9. Absenteeism and accidents at work
Newly developed research results on health at work issues, for European Countries, will be presented and discussed in plenary and parallell sessions.
A selected number of papers will be published in a special issue of an International Journal.
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