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Working hours, health, well-being and participation in working life (WOW) Creating new working time models and solutions to Nordic countries leader: Professor Mikko Härmä, MD, PhD
Co-operating partners:
University of Tampere, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Finland
University of Stockholm, Stress Research Institute, Sweden
Karolinska Institute, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Sweden
National Institute of Occupational Health, Norway
University of Bergen, Dep. of Global Public Health and Primary Care, Norway
National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Danish Cancer Society, Denmark
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2. Working time flexibility
WOW conceptual model to study the different aspects of working time flexibility
Working time flexibility
Temporal
Spatial
Duration
Timing
Tempo
Autonomy
Main place of work
Other locations
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Project aims
WOW will create working time related solutions especially to women and ageing workers
to investigate the societal and socio-economical differences and trends of Nordic working hour patterns using representative national and European data to identify policy-relevant trends and vulnerable groups for targeted interventions (WP1, 6%).
to study the effects of shift work and working time autonomy on health, work-life balance and work participation using well-established prospective cohort studies (WP2, 28%).
to create and test organizational and individual level interventions to generate criteria and tools to improve health, well-being and work participation (WP3, 56%).
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4.
Working hours, health, well-being and participation in working life Creating new working time models and solutions to Nordic countries
Work package
Expected results and impact
Relevance, added Nordic value
WP1: Comparative research of working hours in the Nordic countries: societal and socioeconomic differences
Identification of policy-relevant trends and vulnerable groups for development, prospective cohort studies and targeted interventions
Guidance for macro-level development of working hours in collective agreements and national legislation
WP2: The association of working hours with health, well-being and participation in working life: prospective cohort studies
Identification of potentially modifiable organizational and individual factors supporting health, work participation and welfare for preliminary recommendations and further testing in intervention studies
Guidance for the promotion of health and welfare to prevent the major Nordic public health risks and disability and to promote well-being
WP3: Creating and testing solutions
3.1. Organizational solutions for shift work
3.2. Individual solutions for shift work
3.3. Solution to boundaryless expert work
3.4. Fatigue management in safety critical industries
Solutions related to
3.1. shift scheduling and working time autonomy tools and protocols to increase flexibility and well-being
3.2. development of non-farmacological treatments for sleep and mood disorders
3.3. time management and other models to improve work-life balance in boundaryless work
3.4. fatigue risk management models to safety-critical 24/7 industries
Guidance and tools to individuals, organizations, unions and the Nordic societies
to improve health, well-being and participation into working life of shift workers, expert workers and employees with lower work ability
to support the safety of nuclear power plants, oil platforms , professional traffic and other safety critical industries of the Nordic countries
WP4. Implementation and dissemination
Promotion of health, well-being and participation into working life in the Nordic countries.
Improvement of health and wellfare in the Nordic counties. Creation of new research platform on working hours, health and welfare
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5. Working Hours in the Finnish Public Sector -study (WHFPS)
Feed-back to communities on work load due to working hours
Evidence-based recommendations for shift ergonomics
Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Interactive web-based portal including recommendations and unit-level evaluation of shift ergonomics every 2 years
Updates to the shift ergonomics tools of the shift scheduling programs (inside Titania , CGI)
Registry data (from FPS) (n= , 1991-) - employer data - occup and traffic accidents - sickness absence
- prescription of medicines - morbidity and mortality - different types of pensions
RESEARCH ON WORKING HOURS AND WELL-BEING - cohort study - interventions
Bi-annual questionnaires (from FPS, n= about ) - health and well-being - sleep and fatigue - living habits - shift work, work-time control
Towns town study Hospitals
- Finnish hospital cohort
Register-based method to assess objective working time patterns for epidemologic studies
Pay-roll data on daily working hours (from Titania) (2007-, n= currently)

6. Results will be implemented to shift scheduling softwares (CGI®) used currently by most of the public sector in Finland
Self-scheduling tool including recommendations for shift ergonomics, CGI®(Titania)
Shift ergonomics tool by CGI® (Titania)
Prof. Mikko Härmä

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