Young workers, aged between 18 to 29 years old, make up over percent of the Malaysian working-age population. Poor workplace safety is a major concern for these young with relatively high levels accidents and injuries being recorded. This study investigates workers’ proactive behavior practices, defined as anticipatory, change-oriented, self-initiated in sustaining situations where management c...

Who Pays for It? The Heterogeneous Wage Effects of Employment Protection Legislation Theory predicts that the wage effects of government-mandated severance payments depend on workers’ and firms’ relative bargaining power. This paper estimates the effect of employment protection legislation (EPL) on workers’ individual wages in a quasi-experimental setting, exploiting a reform that introduced un...

PURPOSE Evidence on risk factors for sick leave from prospective studies in work settings is limited. Furthermore, most available studies focused on workers with substantial low back disorders. These studies consistently report that physical work factors constitute a hindrance to work. However, it remains unclear whether the same risk factors are relevant in workers with less severe conditions ...

Vulnerability to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection among factory workers is a global problem. This study investigated the effectiveness of an intervention to increase AIDS knowledge, perceived accessibility to condoms and condom use among young factory workers in Thailand. The intervention was a workplace program designed to engage the private sector in HIV prevention. A cross-sectio...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the studywas to work out a program that would help develop the most effective methods for protecting the safety and health of young workers. MATERIALS AND METHODS The program was designed by a multidisciplinary team of experts in occupational and public health, occupational hygiene, health promotion, sociology, and regulatory and control activities. RESULTS The program...

AIMS To study the influence of work related physical and psychosocial factors and individual characteristics on the occurrence of low back pain among young and pain free workers. METHODS The Belgian Cohort Back Study was designed as a prospective cohort study. The study population of this paper consisted of 716 young healthcare or distribution workers without low back pain lasting seven or mo...

In this article, we present an analysis of young unemployed peoples’ perceptions and experiences with public third sector support in Norway the UK. Drawing on data generated through qualitative semi-structured interviews, shows that street level workers’ approaches towards clients are important understanding (dis)engagement various employment systems. Taking a ‘street-level’ perspective as lens...

The water industry has been facing a lack of young, qualified workers for many years while simultaneously having aging employees retire or change fields. This is creating in treatment plants. As technology become more advanced, the also automated. should make it easier future to attract and train young people sector due their interest automation computer learning. creation adaption didactic sim...

The paper focuses on the early career patterns of young male and female workers. It investigates potential dynamic links between statistical discrimination, mobility, tenure and wage profiles. The model assumes that it is more costly for an employer to assess female workers’ productivity and that the noise/signal ratio tapers off more rapidly for male workers. These two assumptions yield numero...