Working 9 to 5? Union Membership and Work Hours and Schedules

Flexible work schedules and mental and physical health. A study of a working population with non-traditional working hours

M. F. J. MARTENS, F. J. N. NIJHUIS*, M. P. J. VAN BOXTEL AND J. A. KNOTTNERUS Group practice, `Geneeskunde voor het Volk', Keinkesstraat 3a, 3600 Genk, Belgium Department of Health, Organization, Politics and Economics, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands Department of Primary Medical...

The Risk of Developing Diabetes in Association With Long Working Hours Differs by Shift Work Schedules

BACKGROUND The impact of long working hours on diabetes is controversial; however, shift work is known to increase the risk of diabetes. This study aimed to investigate the association between long working hours and diabetes among civil servants in Japan separately by shift work schedules. METHODS A prospective cohort study was conducted from April 2003 to March 2009. A total of 3195 men aged...

Attitudes toward working conditions: are European Union workers satisfied with their working hours and work-life balance?

OBJECTIVE To describe the satisfaction with working hours and satisfaction with work-life balance and their association in the European Union (EU-28). METHOD This is a cross-sectional study based on data from the Flash Eurobarometer 398 among workers of the EU-28 from 2014 (n=13,683). We calculated percentages and their 95% confidence intervals (95%CI). We also applied a multi-level generalis...

the role of russia in transmission of energy from central asia and caucuses to european union

پس ازفروپاشی شوروی،رشد منابع نفت و گاز، آسیای میانه و قفقاز را در یک بازی ژئوپلتیکی انرژی قرار داده است. با در نظر گرفتن این منابع هیدروکربنی، این منطقه به یک میدانجنگ و رقابت تجاری برای بازی های ژئوپلتیکی قدرت های بزرگ جهانی تبدیل شده است. روسیه منطقه را به عنوان حیات خلوت خود تلقی نموده و علاقمند به حفظ حضورش می باشد تا همانند گذشته گاز طبیعی را به وسیله خط لوله مرکزی دریافت و به عنوان یک واس...

The Effects of Union Membership Status and Union-Management Climate