You able to continue to do your job when you have 60 years? * "Without a major improvement in working conditions and more control by workers themselves, delaying retirement is a cynical ploy to cut the pensions of those who have lower incomes"
The first of the fifth edition of the European Working Conditions Survey were published in November 2010. The mine of information from a survey of 44,000 workers clearly can not be summed up in one page. But one important thing stands out - when asked if their health and safety are at risk for their work, a quarter of workers said "yes." It 'been a thesis of more than one in three of the manual workers and almost one in five of non-manual employees.
Another thing that strikes you is the increase of the phenomenon of "presenteeism", ie those who feel obliged to come to work even when ill. The presenteeism is for two types of pressure, both direct pressure from employers, from both system Social Security (benefits low-income sub without pay for the first day of sickness, etc..) Nearly four in ten European workers went to work while they were sick in the twelve months preceding the survey. Women are more often under pressure than men.
Among the factors affecting the health, the percentage of workers exposed to chemicals has remained virtually unchanged since 1995.La substitution of hazardous substances remains a priority for improving health at work.
There are clear risks related to work organization. Asked whether such workers will be able to do their current job when they have 60 years, less than 60% of workers feel that this will be possible.
This is an average figure which varies greatly depending on the position held in the division of labor. Most low-skilled workers do not consider themselves to be still able to work in 60 years - only 44% think they can resist. Things are slightly better among the more skilled manual workers - only half think that would be able to do the same job after over 60 years. For workers with lower non-manual classification, the percentage was above 61% and 72% among the highly skilled non-manual. So, the picture is undeniably better for the white-collar workers.
What the poll does not show is that the long-term impact of work on health can be much more worrisome than its immediate effects. Women are concentrated in occupations and sectors where the immediate consequences of the work are less perceptible lose all advantage qualdo you examine all of their professional ATV. Women workers must compete with a more disciplinary organization of work: women who have the power to stop their activities for a break whenever they want and a glimpse of a possibility for professional growth throughout their career. In addition, they must often hide their feelings during the work, far more than their male colleagues.
The data show that aspects are often ignored in discussions at European level on 'retirement age and employment among people over 50. Extending working lives has different meanings depending on which step is positioned on the scale of jobs. For the most disadvantaged groups, the accumulation of bad working conditions on life, often produces a physical inability to continue working. Under present conditions, a construction worker, a clerk at the polish or for people who lavborano in a call center is very difficult to keep his job beyond the 50 to 55 years.
The accumulation of hardships and hazards associated with the entire work history make it difficult to adapt to work and keep their jobs over 50 55 years.
Without a significant improvement in working conditions and without greater control of these workers on working conditions, delaying the retirement age is equivalent to cynically reduce the pensions of those who already have lower incomes. E'palese that the "reforms" being merely increase the diseguaglainze income at the expense of older people. The threat of poverty may not leave them no choice but to continue a job that destroys your health.
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