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This study explored the health and sickness absences of contingent employees. Analyses of self-reported health and recorded spells of sickness absence were based on a cohort of 5650 employees (674 men, 4976 women) in 10 Finnish hospitals.After adjustment for demographic and work-related characteristics, contingent employees had a better self-rated health status [odds ratio 0.76, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.62-0.94 of poor or average health status]. There were no differences in the prevalence of diagnosed chronic diseases and minor psychiatric morbidity between the groups. After adjustment for self-rated health and confounding, female, but not male, contingent employees had a lower rate of self-certified (1-3 days) sickness absences than permanent employees (rate ratio 0.90, 95% CI 0.85-0.95). Contingent employees, irrespective of gender, had a 0.77 (95% CI 0.71-0.84) times lower rate of medically certified (>3 days) sickness absence than permanent employees. Poor self-rated health status, reported diagnosed chronic diseases, and minor psychiatric morbidity were associated with medically certified absences to a less extent among contingent employees than among permanent employees.These findings suggest better self-rated health and a lower sickness absence rate for contingent employees than for permanent employees. The difference in sickness absence between the groups seems not only to be associated with actual differences in health, but also with different thresholds of taking sick leave or working while ill.

"En France, comme ailleurs, le mal-être au travail s'amplifie. Les travailleurs expriment leur mécontentement face à l'organisation, à l'utilité perçue et à la reconnaissance hiérarchique de leur entreprise. Tous les secteurs, y compris l'associatif et le service public, sont désormais contaminés par des formes de management absurdes et violentes qui font redouter le lundi matin. En réponse à ce désenchantement, le patronat et le gouvernement optent pour l'indignation et la contrainte : plus d'arrêts maladie ? Imposons des jours de carence. Les démissions se multiplient ? Coupons les allocations chômage. Cette souffrance conduit à une mise au travail forcée. Vous ne détestez pas le lundi est une invitation à se libérer des mythes du travail : présentéisme, mérite, psychologisation de la souffrance. Ce manuel de développement collectif propose une nouvelle culture de la révolte, capable de légitimer et de soulager les souffrances individuelles en faveur d'une insurrection globale, ancrée dans le réel."

"How organizations address employee mental health conditions (MHCs) is an increasingly important topic in occupational health psychology. A key focus of this literature is on understanding how and why employees disclose their MHCs to colleagues. Concealing a stigmatized identity, such as a MHC, can cause distress, while disclosure has been associated with improved well-being and access to proper accommodations. However, employees who disclose a MHC also risk discrimination and mistreatment. Given such competing dynamics, past research has largely framed disclosure through a concerted decision-making lens, where employees weigh the benefits and risks before revealing their condition. Yet the disclosure process can be more complex than these models suggest, with scholars recognizing that no “one-size fits all.” To investigate this complexity, we conducted an in-depth narrative interview study with 27 employees living with a MHC. Our findings challenge the assumption that MHC disclosure is typically premeditated. We develop the concept of disclosure opportunities—situations that enable employees to share their MHC at work. We also identify four key elements of the work environment—time and space, bureaucratic structure, social structure, and mental health programs—that shape these opportunities. These elements can either facilitate or constrain disclosure, depending on how they interact. Using these insights, we propose an ecological model of MHC disclosure that complements and extends existing decision-based models, offering a more complex and nuanced understanding of how disclosure unfolds at work. We then explain how this model can inform the practice of occupational health psychology."

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"Harrowing statistics regarding worker psychological health show that 12 billion working days are lost per annum due to workers' anxiety and depression, costing nearly US$1 trillion globally (World Health Organization [WHO], 2022). The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OHSA, 2022) OSH Pulse survey found that 27% of workers experience stress, anxiety, or depression that is caused or exacerbated by psychosocial risks such as work intensity and unsociable working hours. Further, the latest European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks (ESENER, 2024) across 30 countries established that the trends for work-related psychosocial risks have not improved much since 2019. Findings show 43% of workers face long or irregular working hours and 19% experience job insecurity."

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L'auteur dresse le bilan de l'entrée en vigueur des lois sur le harcèlement sexuel au travail. A cet effet, elle se livre à un examen de la jurisprudence intervenue depuis 1990 en Amérique du Nord, en Europe, en Afrique et dans la région Asie-Pacifique. Après avoir fait le point sur l'état du droit national et international, elle passe en revue un certain nombre d'affaires déterminantes jugées par les tribunaux en vertu du droit du travail, des lois contre la discrimination, des textes relatifs à l'égalité des chances, aux droits de l'homme ou à la santé et à la sécurité des travailleurs ainsi que du droit civil ou pénal. Elle relève les tendances qui s'amorcent: définition du harcèlement sexuel comme une discrimination dans l'emploi; importance du cadre juridique de référence ainsi que de la composition de l'instance saisie; responsabilités respectives de la personne fautive et de l'employeur; niveau des réparations et sanctions.