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Renewing the wage system and the work time system reduced expenses at the Rescue Department of Etelä-Karjala (Southern Karelia). The saved money was invested in the employees’ well-being at work and in training. In this way the work ability of the fire fighters can be maintained as long as possible.
Hazardous psychosocial loading, caused by haste, stress and continuous disruptions to the work, should be taken seriously. This problem has been tackled effectively in the hospital district of Satakunta.
Working on a ship demands patience and the ability to stand pressure. A good team spirit helps to cope in tight-knit work community. Sometimes the time at sea may stretch to over a month without seeing your family and friends.
If you want an organization culture that supports collaborative development at your workplace, get the entire personnel to engage in the collaboration already at an early stage. The employees will then commit more readily to common goals, and positive leaps in production and quality improvement will occur as a result. The personnel of Stora Enso’s…
The organization culture of Scandic is based on cooperation between the employees, supervisors and the management.
The technology in use at the Valmet Automotive automobile factory in Uusikaupunki is the best there is in the automobile industry. The role of the people who use and develop the technology is even more important.
A so-called digital worker carries out the routine processes of information work, freeing people to do the work they have been trained to do. This changes job descriptions radically, opens new opportunities, but also creates uncertainty regarding job security. The work changes continually also at Digital Workforce, an enterprise that designs ‘digital workers’.
The list of risks in mining work ranges from fires to chemical exposure. It challenges workers to pay attention to safety every day. Even though the employer is always responsible for the safety of the workplace, the workers’ own attitude is also extremely important, emphasizes Miia Kuusikoski, who is the contractor’s supervisor at the Kittilä…
If a person is unable to work, he or she can be granted a work disability pension regardless of the cause of the disability. In order to focus on prevention and treatment, and to determine the cause, it is important to analyse what is the role of the work itself, and what is the role
Today’s typical work-related diseases don’t damage your lungs or injure your joints, but information work can cause mental health problems. At Accenture Co, which is a leading global enterprise offering specialist services and solutions, problems are prevented by a positive leadership culture and allowing people to manage their own work.
The pressure to develop work and improve productivity is great in the social and health care sector. Openness and cooperation have proven to be successful recipes in the city of Joensuu. A new measurement tool developed at the University of Lapland demonstrates clearly the relationship between productivity and the well-being of the employees.
The Lean approach promises more with less effort. The idea of continuous improvement prevails at the Valmet factory, where the employees were eager to develop their work. Productivity improved, and so did job satisfaction.
