TY - CHAP

T1 - Assessment of age-correlated occupational strain as a prerequisite for age-appropriate work organization

AU - Müller, Friedrich

AU - Kakarot, Nadine

PY - 2016/1/1

Y1 - 2016/1/1

N2 - Because of demographic changes in Germany, the average age of the workforce is progressively increasing. In an attempt to reduce pressure on the labor market, Germany recently changed the retirement age to 67 years. At the same time, economic constraints are forcing companies to reduce the number of employees. Thus, older workers are required to do physically demanding work involving heavy weights. In response to these factors, the Hamburg Sewage Company recently set a goal of creating working conditions that would enable their existing aging personnel to fulfill their duties efficiently and to a high quality while ensuring that their employees’ health would not be at a risk. As a prerequisite to achieving this goal, quantitative data on work load, physical and mental effort required to meet job demands, and age-related changes in physical and mental strain were required. To this end, a combination of complementary measures aimed at achieving an in-depth analysis that would enable appropriate adaptations of working conditions for the aging workforce have been implemented.

AB - Because of demographic changes in Germany, the average age of the workforce is progressively increasing. In an attempt to reduce pressure on the labor market, Germany recently changed the retirement age to 67 years. At the same time, economic constraints are forcing companies to reduce the number of employees. Thus, older workers are required to do physically demanding work involving heavy weights. In response to these factors, the Hamburg Sewage Company recently set a goal of creating working conditions that would enable their existing aging personnel to fulfill their duties efficiently and to a high quality while ensuring that their employees’ health would not be at a risk. As a prerequisite to achieving this goal, quantitative data on work load, physical and mental effort required to meet job demands, and age-related changes in physical and mental strain were required. To this end, a combination of complementary measures aimed at achieving an in-depth analysis that would enable appropriate adaptations of working conditions for the aging workforce have been implemented.

KW - Aging workforce

KW - Lever system

KW - Mental strain

KW - Mental workload

KW - Work step

KW - Business psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044284736&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_25

DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-32331-2_25

M3 - Chapter

AN - SCOPUS:85044284736

SN - 9783319323299

SP - 367

EP - 377

BT - Healthy at Work

A2 - Wiencke, Markus

A2 - Cacace, Mirella

A2 - Fischer, Sebastian

PB - Springer International Publishing AG

ER -