The work environment, as has been noted constantly over the past two to three decades, is consistent in the changes that have taken place and continue to take place within it. One of the contributing factors to these changes is that countries across the world are more accessible because...

This report describes the state of the art in addressing cultural diversity in the workplace, for which we distinguish two aspects: - Cross-cultural aspects in occupational safety and health (OSH): working in teams that are homogeneous with regard to their national culture. This issue is...

In 2012-13 the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), as part of the Healthy Workplace Campaign, is aiming to achieve better occupational safety and health by promoting 'better health and safety at work through prevention'. The campaign's focus is on both leadership and worker...

The European Agency for safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) publishes studies of goof practices to prevent workplace risks in a series of reports on different topics. The cases are analysed for success factors, and effective worker participation is consistently shown to be a basic requierement...

Workplace health promotion (WHP) is the combined efforts of employers, workers and society to improve the health and wellbeing of people at work. This can be achieved by: improving the work organisation and the work environment; promoting the active participation of all stakeholders in the...

The aim of this report was to conduct a review of the available literature to identify the motivating factors for employees to participate in WHP. This knowledge can be used to improve WHP programmes and, consequently, the participation rates. The findings section of the report is divided into...