What are the economic costs of a poor work environment?
Rugulies, Reiner ; Burdorf, Alex
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
2024
50
2
49-52
occupational health ; work environment ; cost of diseases ; cost of accidents
Occupational safety and health
https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.4143
English
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"At the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, it is our fundamental conviction that workers' health
is a value in itself. To put it simply, work must not be health-hazardous, and work must not make the worker neither
physically nor mentally sick. In our minds, there is no need for any further rationale for healthy and safe work.
That said, it would be naïve to think that, in a bottom-line world, the bottom-line would not count with regard
to work and health. It does count at individual, company, and societal level. At individual level, a worker may worry
about reduced payment during sickness absence. ..."
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