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COME AND HEAR THE LATEST ON WELL-BEING AT WORK
Background – Workplace as a possibility for better future for all
Recent research has shown that the workplace is an excellent arena for improving the health and safety attitudes and behaviour of the working-age population, and through them, the attitudes of the larger population. Measures for improving the quality of work and well-being at work have been shown to rapidly and efficiently affect the productivity of organizations, and the motivation and health and safety behaviour of employees. The conventional way of promoting health and safety at work is to reduce people's exposure to various risks. However, in view of the complex global labour market situation, and the effects of work on the environment, the promotion of health and safety must be more comprehensive. We need workplaces that promote health and well-being, that take into account the physical and mental work environment, that measure the employee's workload according to his/her work ability, and that recognize the significance of management, competence and the balance between work and private life. Both people and the economy benefit from a healthy and safe work life.
Click here for materials of the Finnish National Well-being at Work - seminar. The results of the EU-Progress project on Well-being at Work – New Innovations and Good Practices have been published as a booklet "Well-being at Work – New Innovations and Good Practices" (pdf). The booklet is also now available in Finnish "Työhyvinvointi" (pdf).
The aim of the Conference is to provide the opportunity to discuss strategies and tools for the promotion of health and well-being at the workplace, as well as to explore their links to productivity. Our aim is also to examine and discuss the good practices, methods, tools, and service systems currently available to workplaces in different countries. The overall long-term objective is to improve health, safety, and well-being at workplaces. In this Conference, the concept of well-being comprises health and safety, psychosocial issues and the work environment.
The programme is designed to offer opportunities for learning how different actors in the occupational health and safety field in different countries and regions are currently promoting health and safety at workplaces. It will also address the latest developments in this area. The Conference will provide a forum for presenting findings, and demonstrating methods, tools, and approaches to health, safety, and well-being at workplaces.
The scientific programme consists of invited keynote speakers, and oral and poster free communications.
*** NB! click the name of the speakers for brief CV ***
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
On-site registration and information at 16.00-17.30 in Crowne Plaza Helsinki (address: Mannerheimintie 50, Helsinki)
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
On-site registration and information at 8.00-17.15 in Crowne Plaza Helsinki (address: Mannerheimintie 50, Helsinki)
Opening
Words of welcome
Harri Vainio, Director General, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
Opening address
Anni Sinnemäki, Minister of Labour, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Finland
Opening address
Evelyn Kortum, World Health Organization
Decent work - Better future for all
Kari Tapiola, International Labour Office (ILO)
Occupational health services now and in future
Ewan B. Macdonald, Healthy Working Lives Group, University of Glasgow, Scotland
Plenary I: Scientific and practical evidence
Action based on precaution, innovation and evidence
Frank van Dijk, Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, the Netherlands
Scientific and practical evidence – Supporting policies and strategies
Hannu Jokiluoma, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland
Thursday, 11 February 2010
On-site registration and information at 8.00-17.25 in Crowne Plaza Helsinki (address: Mannerheimintie 50, Helsinki)
Plenary II: Management and good practices - Better productivity
Effective management methods for improvement of well-being
Guy Ahonen, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Evaluation methods and evidence based practices
Stavroula Leka, Institute of Work, Health & Organisations, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Plenary III: Workplace as an arena for health and safety promotion
Promotion of health and mental well-being at workplace - Evidence for action
Mika Kivimäki, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland; and University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
Health promotion at the workplace – Meeting the challenges in changing times
Richard Wynne, Work Research Centre, Ireland
Sustainable Growth of the European innovative Industry – Benefits for the public
Olivier Salvi, European Technology Platform on Industrial Safety
Friday, 12 February 2010
On-site registration and information at 8.30-14.15 in Crowne Plaza Helsinki (address: Mannerheimintie 50, Helsinki)
Plenary IV: Expert services and policies
Qualities and competences of services and service providers
Matti Ylikoski, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland
Integration and network of different health and well-being services at workplace
Karl Kuhn, BAuA, Germany
Closing
Taking stock of the efforts to address well-being at work
Paul Schulte, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), USA
Announcing the Poster Awards (two best poster presentations will be rewarded)
Closing
Programme&Abstracts (pdf-publication)
Last minutes changes to Programme
NB! The delegates will receive the Programme&Abstracts book and Appendix (incl. changes to the programme, list of participants, etc) when arriving to the Conference site.
NB! The Conference language is English. No interpretation will be provided.
1) Evidence, action and implementation
- Perspectives on development of well-being concept
- International, national, regional and local approaches to evidence-based policies
- Results of international networking
- Identifying input and output indicators, evaluation, outcome indicators, and efficiency
- The role of employers' and employees' organizations and NGOs in the field
- Public awareness and use of media
- Implementation programmes
2) Management and good practices - Better productivity
- Systems approaches, quality of work life
- Integrating occupational safety and health into workplace management systems
- Evidence-based practices
- Toolbox
3) The workplace as an arena for health and safety promotion
- Employee's and employer's commitment, role and co-operation in health promotion
- Mental well-being at work
- Sustainable development from individual and company viewpoint; corporate social responsibility
- Gender and age issues, vulnerable groups, migration workers
- Business cases
4) Expert services and competencies
- Developing service concepts based on need
- Social marketing, third sector
- SMEs; resources and actors
- Integration of different health and well-being services at workplaces