Juvenile Workers or Pocketmoney Precariat? – The Process and Effect of Establishing Health and Safety Committees for Juvenile Workers in Danish Retail Sector

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  • Hans Jørgen Limborg
  • Kristina Karstad
  • Karen Albertsen
  • Dorte Ekner
  • Anders Ørberg
  • Sisse Grøn
  • Charlotte D.N. Rasmussen
  • Andreas Holtermann
  • Marie B. Jørgensen

In the Danish retail industry, young workers employed in temporary positions for few hours a week constitutes more than half of the employees. For the main part of the young workers this employment is their first meeting with the labor market, they lack knowledge and awareness of the work environment, and at some workplaces the introduction is limited, ‘ad-hoc’ or ‘fast-track’ [1]. Often the young worker feel only limited involved in decisions regarding their work [2]. It may be beneficial both for short- and long-term performance and security to increase the young workers knowledge of and involvement in the work environment issues, as well as the employer’s awareness on the needs of the young workers.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018) - Volume II : Safety and Health, Slips, Trips and Falls
EditorsYushi Fujita, Sebastiano Bagnara, Thomas Alexander, Riccardo Tartaglia, Sara Albolino
Number of pages10
VolumeII
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2019
Pages363-372
ISBN (Print)9783319960883
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018 - Florence, Italy
Duration: 26 Aug 201830 Aug 2018

Conference

Conference20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, IEA 2018
LandItaly
ByFlorence
Periode26/08/201830/08/2018
SeriesAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume819
ISSN2194-5357

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