INTRODUCTION Worksite health promotion and interventions have gained popularity among state agencies. We studied the health behaviors and health characteristics of adults employed in state agencies in Oregon and compared those state employees with the statewide population of employed, insured adults. METHODS We used data from the Oregon Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and a...

This article measures the earnings and welfare losses experienced by displaced employees of the Central Bank of Ecuador. It links these losses to individual characteristics such as gender, education, seniority, and salary in the public sector. Data are from a survey of displaced employees that included subjective evaluations of well-being in addition to information on activity and earnings. The...

Maternity leave in the United States took a major and long-awaited leap forward on February 5, 1993, when the U.S. Federal Government enacted Public Law 103-3, the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993 (1). Drafted by the National Partnership for Women and Families (formerly the Women’s Legal Defense Fund), the purpose of the Act is to promote economic stability and preserve family integr...

background: the employees of welfare centers, due to the special conditions of their work, may be exposed to excessive occupational stress and workload . thus, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of workload and occupational stress on the general health of female employees of public welfare centers.   materials and methods: this was a correlational research on 63 female employees ...

BACKGROUND Prior absence is an important predictor for sickness absence, but little is known about the recurrence among frequent and/or long-term absentees, over a longer period of time. AIM To monitor sickness absence among frequent and long-term absentees in order to investigate their risk of recurrent absence. METHODS Longitudinal cohort study in employees working in three large Dutch po...

To date there have been no studies of how both sex and ethnicity might affect the incidence of both sexual and ethnic harassment at work. This article represents an effort to fill this gap. Data from employees at 5 organizations were used to test whether minority women are subject to double jeopardy at work, experiencing the most harassment because they are both women and members of a minority ...

During the covid-19 many employees work life balance disturbed, particularly for woman employees. When all family members staying at home throughout day full filling their needs required additional time and energy. At same special attention should be given to immunity boosting of children elderly in family; these factors along with self- safety had impact on job performance. After covid also IT...

There are many reasons why the gender imbalance in computing should be of concern to the profession. Over the last 20 years there have been many intervention programs which attempt to redress this situation and encourage more women into computing. To determine whether an intervention program has made a difference requires evaluation. Program evaluation is the careful collecting of information a...

BACKGROUND Poor work ability correlates with increased morbidity and early retirement from the workforce, but the association in old age is not known. We investigated work ability in midlife among white-collar and blue-collar employees as a predictor of mortality and disability 28 years later. METHODS A total of 5971 occupationally active people aged 44-58 years participated in the Finnish Lo...