Tag: working conditions
“The receding horizon of occupational health”
[Comment expliquer la persistance des accidents du travail et maladies professionnelles à un niveau élevé ? Arnaud Mias est professeur de sociologie à l’université Paris Dauphine-PSL et membre de l’Institut de…
The double punishment of employees suffering from chronic illness
Office notebook. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer, asthma, HIV, depression… Chronic diseases, constantly increasing, will affect 25% of the working population in 2025, compared to 15% in 2019, according to the…
A European directive opens the door to the massive reskilling of workers on platforms like Uber or Deliveroo
Romanian MEP Dragos Pislaru (Renew Europe) and Italian MEP Elisabetta Gualmini (Socialists and Democrats), during a press conference, Wednesday December 13, in Strasbourg. ALAIN ROLLAND / EUROPEAN UNION 2023 “This…
salaried institutions, a bulwark against the health crisis
This was a revelation for some observers, a confirmation for others. During the Covid-19 pandemic, wage-earning institutions (unionism, social security, etc.) were pillars on which the world of work was…
Teleworking still popular with employees, despite the risks to their health
What are the effects of hybrid work on employees’ working conditions? The latter respond in a paradoxical way: 92% of them experience their teleworking situation well or very well, but…
after a social conflict at the Bouhyer foundry, employees and managers defuse tensions
In the Bouhyer foundry in Ancenis-Saint-Géréon (Loire-Atlantique), during a casting and melting of cast iron, March 12, 2019. FRANCK DUBRAY/WEST FRANCE/MAXPPP How did we get here ? This is what…
“Design fiction” to improve health at work by 2040
A man dressed in barrista attire watches as an LG CLOi CoBot Barista robot brews coffee, at the LG booth January 8, 2020, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las…
Temporary employment among nurses, a phenomenon that worries hospitals
A nurse in an operating room at the Croix-Rousse hospital, in Lyon, September 26, 2023. JEFF PACHOUD / AFP In hospitals, the vicious circle of temporary work is not limited…
When, in business, “productivity” tools like Slack and Teams give the illusion of efficiency
Lidiane Jones, CEO of Slack Technologies, at the Dreamforce 2023 conference, in San Francisco, California, September 14, 2023. JOSH EDELSON / AFP “You have 7,564 unread messages in 24 channels.…
The great drop in productivity in France
Young apprentices at the Airbus high school in Toulouse practice a well-being session at work, September 21, 2023. FREDERIC SCHEIBER / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP From his workshop on the…
involving employees in management is profitable for the company
25%. This is the share of temporary workers observed in French aeronautical companies with 100 to 500 employees duringa comparative study by Jérôme Gautié and Roland Ahlstrand on the difference…
On strike, Uber Eats delivery drivers demonstrate Saturday and Sunday for better pay
The call for a strike was launched by Union-Indépendants, the CGT Transports and SUD-Commerces federations to demand better pay. Gatherings of striking Uber Eats delivery drivers are planned for Saturday…