PURPOSE There exists a growing consensus that career flexibility is critical to recruiting and retaining talented faculty, especially women faculty. This study was designed to determine both accessibility and content of work-life policies for faculty at leading medical schools in the United States. METHODS The sample includes the top ten medical schools in the United States published by U.S. ...

AIMS To determine the relation between sick leave and selected exposure variables among women semiconductor workers. METHODS This was a cross sectional survey of production workers from 18 semiconductor factories. Those selected had to be women, direct production operators up to the level of line leader, and Malaysian citizens. Sick leave and exposure to physical and chemical hazards were det...

Abstract With the adoption of 2030 Agenda, UN Member States pledge “to leave no one behind” and “endeavour to reach furthest behind first”. The EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) was designed meet these policy objectives. It is three pillars Mechanism, aiming at fair delivery European Green Deal reducing adverse social economic impacts transition towards a climate-neutral Europe. We examine formulat...

the purpose of this study was to investigate disability and medical leave due to psychiatric disorders in patients referred to comission for psychiatric and neurological consultation of 682 patients who had been referred to the comission during 1993-94. results showed that psychiatric disorders and mood disorders led to occupational disability and medical leave at a significantly higher rate th...

The beauty parlor industry is one of the fastest growing industries of Bangladesh. The lifestyle of people of our country has changed rapidly over the past few years. Realizing the importance of sound health and presentation, people are becoming more concerned about their health and beauty. Thousands of beauty-care service providers or beauty parlors have sprung up all over the country in the l...

We investigate co-worker peer effects in the use of parental leave Sweden. an instrumental variable approach called “peers peers”, which taken by family peers (siblings and cousins) co-workers is used as instrument for co-workers’ leave. For fathers, we find that a 10-day increase average increases their approximately one half days, while, mothers, day. The results are robust to alternative mod...