Workers in temporary employment are sick written four more days with an average of 14,7 days lost in the year 2008 than workers in other industries. Absenteeism in the temporary employment sector is 4 1,1 percent, percentage points higher than the national average. This emerges from the latest health report, the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) and the Federal Association of Temporary Work (BZA) has presented today. After that time workers are almost all diagnoses often affected than workers in other sectors, especially great are the differences in the areas of musculoskeletal disorders (plus 60 percent), injuries (plus 64 percent), respiratory diseases (plus 23 percent) and mental health problems (plus 34 percent). In contrast to the conventional labor market, the men are in temporary work with an average of 15,3 days sick leave longer than women with 13,9 days.

However, TK advocated, rather specific causes of increased absenteeism. The majority of the difference is due to the fact that temporary workers are often employed in physically demanding activities associated with experience, increased absenteeism. Approximately one third of the difference has its origins in the time work itself. A survey of TK among temporary workers showed that they feel especially high job insecurity, their income, the discrepancy between their qualifications and the activity carried out and the lack of development opportunities as a burden. Other areas of work rate time laborer is more positive than other workers. That includes topics like work pressure, appreciation by the supervisor and information flow.

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German companies risking unnecessary downtime because its staff returns ill to work. In every second establishment premature labor absorption is common practice. In good every third company the risk of infection for colleagues is even often increased because not recovering from an employee to recovery. Given the recent health risks associated with the outbreak of swine flu this careless handling of contagion is alarming. Because the infection prevention plays a key role in the operational influenza pandemic preparedness. "Who is sick, stay home" is one of the seven principles of the Robert Koch Institute to reduce viral contagion risks in business. These results, the study "Workplace health promotion" from IMWF Institute for Management and Economic Research in cooperation with handelsblatt.com. 203 experts and executives from various industries have participated in the survey.

The weaknesses in the occupational health care are reflected in addition to the organizational structures of many companies resist. So 2008 decreed claims to just one company in an internal device for health issues. The positive effect of workplace health prevention in the company in principle is undisputed. 70 percent of specialists and managers assume that it is possible the disease cases reduce among employees through preventive measures. For viral diseases, which are responsible in the plants by far the most of absenteeism of employees, however, belongs to a meticulous observance of prevention. By careless acquiescence ill employees in the workplace, many companies run counter to the recommendations of health experts.

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Back pain, headaches or eye pain - working on the computer often causes health problems / Simple measures can remedy

Whether back pain, headaches or eye problems - who spends much time on the computer, sets out a number of health risks. Are the risks over a long period disregarded so quickly threatening chronic diseases. How users can already be prevented by simple measures explained TecChannel, the German webzine for IT professionals in a recent contribution.

The cause of many ailments such as back or joint and lack of concentration is a wrong sitting posture at the computer. Therefore, users should put on an ergonomic seating position special value. This refers to an office chair is adjustable not only in height, but also on the back and arms. A vertically adjustable Office desk contributes to a relaxed sitting position. As Faustegel for optimal sitting posture applies: upper and lower arm and upper and lower legs each form an angle of 90 degree.

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Who's with powerful friends at work together, working even more productive. This relationship could now prove by an extensive field trial scientists British and American universities. According to the study, the (IZA) has appeared at the Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor, productivity low-performing workforce rose by 10% when they were used in the direct vicinity of their friends. Conversely, while the reduced productive colleagues their own performance, if they were in direct contact with weaker friends during work, but for the company resulted in an overall positive effect on productivity.

On the basis of personal data of a British fruit growing operation, the researchers analyzed the work performance of employees. They also questioned the company employees, with which colleagues they maintain friendly contacts. For organizational reasons, the range of use of each worker changed daily, so fellow collectors could work only on certain days in sight together. This was the case, is an amazing effect was: The less powerful friends lay down especially to the wheel and picked about 10% more fruit than on other days. More experienced pickers however, adjusted their working speed to the slower pace of her friends and took characterized even wage cuts of up to 10% in purchasing.

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The psychological stress at work to take, at the same time, the operating climate has deteriorated in many companies and organizations. "The reality of work is undergoing profound changes which have increased in recent years, even at speed," says Rolf Haubl, professor of psychoanalytical social psychology at the Goethe University. This is proven by the results of his recent study "work and life in organizations 2008".

The investigation focuses on the psycho-social impact of changes in the working world busy Haubl now has the results together with Günter Voss, Professor of Industrial and Technology Studies at the Technical University Chemnitz published. This work was funded by the German Society for Supervision (DGSv). The study is based intensive interviews and group discussions with supervisors and supervisors and organizational consultants and -beraterinnen the DGSv and a standardized survey of circa 1.000 members of DGSv.

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WIth links to the original work

Education and social imprinting are crucial in ensuring that women risks and competitive situations rather shy than men. This is shown by two recent studies by British scientists, which published for the Study of Labor (IZA), the Bonn Institute. In a broad-based behavioral experiment economists found that students pure girls' schools are just as willing to take risks on average as boys.

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Personnel symposium at the University of Applied Sciences of the middle class (FHM)

As companies with internal conflicts constructively deal and the opportunities that can arise from even being discussed within the framework of a personal conference at the state-recognized, private professional school of the middle class (FHM) in Bielefeld. More than 50 conference participants from the personnel departments of medium-sized companies in the region, as well as entrepreneurs and consultants took the opportunity to learn and exchange ideas about conflict management.

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Analysis in the current WSI

About half of the employees in Germany work in an operation with the works council. What about the others? Why there are enterprises without employee participation and management and employees deal with each other as in these companies, sociologists Munich Technical University have researched. Your of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) sponsored study identified based on case studies in 26 company four types of companies without works council. This ranges from discounters branch, in which the management regarding the establishment of employee representation hampered by successful industrial operation, in which the workers hardly miss a formal representation, as long as they feel that with "informal"

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FOM asks for: the professional development of economy very important

Despite a high workload, specialists and managers in Germany attach great importance to professional development. This is a key result of the current "FOM asks for" survey. Under this brand, the FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics & Management conducts surveys on economic issues at regular intervals. In order to examine the workload and the satisfaction of specialists and executives in the commercial area, the FOM surveyed 302 self-employed persons, managers and specialist employees at the end of the year. Almost 77 percent of the participants are satisfied with their own work. The overwhelming majority of respondents consider active further training to be important.

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When employers terminate employment relationships, running it for them mostly with little conflict and without high costs down, showing a representative survey commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Institute (WSI) in the Hans Böckler Foundation.

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Brochure "Mentally fit in a job!" released

Losing mental decline in the elderly is often an inevitable fate. This makes the INQA brochure "Mentally fit at work" clearly, released now by the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA). Based on current research results the brochure does away with the prejudice that older workers are less creative, learning and mental efficient than younger. They also indicate ways to promote the intellectual potential of older people and to receive.

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