Work related stress

What’s wrong with wellness?

September 4, 2019

In 2019, the U.S. is more health conscious than ever. Ninety-two percent of U.S. residents say it’s important to get an annual physical, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, and 62 percent report actually getting the exam. It’s estimated about 44 million Americans get physicals ever year.

NYC considering ban on after-work work emails

March 29, 2018

A bill proposed in New York City would prohibit employers from emailing or texting their workers during non-work hours. The effects of an increasingly connected workplace have been a frequent focus of psychological studies.

How organizations can really fight sexual harassment

Workplace psychologists weigh in on culture, policies, and prevention

Stephany Below

January 16, 2018

The latter half of 2017 saw The New York Times break the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the movie titan’s subsequent fall. Since then, victims have brought forth a seemingly endless barrage of allegations against numerous high-profile, and very powerful, men and women within Hollywood, politics, the media, and other industries. This movement has helped to purge organizations of longstanding sexual predators and has also ignited a fervent interest in changing the workplace cultures that have allowed such abuse to go on for so long.

Report from abroad

UK contract type leaves workers stressed, unhealthy

August 25, 2017

A type of employment agreement primarily used in Great Britain may have a negative effect on both the mental and physical health of workers, according to a new study.

Americans say their workplaces are hazardous, hostile

August 24, 2017

Nearly half of U.S. workers surveyed in a recently released Rand Corporation report say they are exposed to unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions.

NYC transit workers share their break rooms with dead bodies

August 21, 2017

The approximately 50 people a year who are struck and killed by New York City subway trains are often kept in worker break rooms – sometimes for hours – until the city’s medical examiner comes to remove them.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Health-related Quality of Life

Variation across occupation groups

Taylor Shockey MPH

August 1, 2017

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is an individual’s or group’s self-perception of their physical and mental health over time. HRQOL goes beyond the traditionally diagnosable health outcomes to provide a measure of well-being, it has become an important part of health surveillance.

Nontraditional work arrangement has upside but…

April 7, 2017

Telecommuting facilitates a better overall work-life balance but it can blur the boundaries between work and personal life, according to a new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound).

Heat exposure raises firefighter heart attack risk

April 5, 2017

Exposure to extreme heat and physical exertion during firefighting may trigger the formation of blood clots and impair blood vessel function, changes associated with increased risk of heart attack, according to new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.

When the stress beast is a risk

Overwhelmed and unnerved workers need your help

Mary Padron

March 9, 2017

It is a universal truth that almost everyone has experienced stress in their lives. The stress beast can dig its claws into people at work, at home, in their social lives and in their relationships, or while watching headline news about the latest terrorist attack.