Promoting Workability during the Lifecourse in an Austrian Special Steel Production.

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2 Promoting Workability during the Lifecourse in an Austrian Special Steel Production. Prof. Heinrich Geissler, PhD

3 In accordance with the Work ability Concept: Action at 3 Levels: 1. Training für Superiors on Ageing, Work & Health Professional Carrier Planning Projects Occ. Physicians: Offering Workability Coaching (voluntarily)

4 Growing individual differences Equal treatment Work ability index Työkykyindeksipisteet 50 is Työkyky iän mukaan 45 discrimination Työkykyindeksi N=729 N= Age Ikä, vuotta Työkykykyluokka Excellent erinomainen Good hyvä Moderate kohtalainen Poor huono

5 Productivity loss at work (T. Vandenberg, Finse 2009) Work ability Excellent (cross-sectional design among Dutch workers) Percentage productivity loss (0-10) Reference Good - 4.9% Moderate % Poor %

6 Model for professional Careers Entry Workplace after professional training Developmental Workplace limited working phase because of physical or mental strain and mental and organisational preparing for changing the working place (by systematically occupational training and sponsorship agreement with elderly colleagues) Permanent Workplace with the possibility of adaption the working conditions to the needs of the employee! Relief of the strain Workplace with a large amount of experience and (tacit) knowledge; if possible with tasks to share the own expertise with younger colleagues (Sub)tasks adjusted to Age Agecritical (Sub)tasks

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8 Project schedule 1. Preparation: age-structure and documents: Riskassessment, jobdescriptions Project: 1st day 2nd day 3rd day Steering group Site inspection 2x3 Interviews with superiors 2 under to 50 2 over 50 2x5 Interviews with workers 2 under to 50 4 over 50 Workshop with interviewed workers and superiors Presentation of the results

9 Selected Measures (out of 168 after 8 projects) Entire enterprise departments Individuals Warm soups for hard working men in the nightshift New staff to reduce remaining leave of the elderly Offer for Workability- Coaching (Occ. Phys.) sleep hygiene information by the occ. Physician (darkness, calmness...) Matrix for professional carriers Better work organisation More time for the professional training for new staffmembers 7 temporary workers to permanent staff No more overtime No more nightshifts Reduction for nightshifts Training and an other Jobtask

10 Workability Coaching (German: Arbeitsbewältigungs-Coaching ab-c)

11 Intention and Adjustment: Empowerment (enablement and ennoblement) / Individual self-monitoring/selfobservation and self-regulation enterprise s regulation acts and measures to maintain/strengthen the of the workforce Early indicator for the person itself (work ability index) Confidential coaching-dialogue to maintain/ strengthen (individual) work ability Early indicator for the enterprise (anonymous work ability status of the workforce and necessity for promotion ) Facilitation to derive and implement internal supportive measures

12 Work- Ability-Index Persönlich-vertrauliches Arbeitsbewältigungs-Coaching à 60 Minuten Talk about the results and goal setting Concrete measures

13 Impulses for thinking and acting by the individual Health ab-c _ Questions to the Person: * What can you do by yourself? Working** What do you need from the Conditions enterprise? What is the first step? Where do you get support? Management, Work Organisation Competence

14 Physic. Exerc. Med. Assessment Corporate Climate Workflow Life domain Balance Work task Work task Working time Information, Participation

15 Impulses for thinking and acting by the enterprise (steering committee) Health ab-c _ Questions to the enterprise: Working Conditions * What can you do by yourself? ** What do you need from outside (policy, council, associations )? What is the first step? Where do you get support? Management Work Organisation Competence

16 Midlife work ability predicts Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Risk for IADL disability according to midlife professional group and work ability* IRR 1.75 Men Women Execl. Moderate Poor Excel. Moderate Poor Excel. Moderate Poor Excel. Moderate Poor White-collar Blue-collar White-collar Blue collar *adjusted for age+marital status+alcohol intake+smoking+exercise+main chronic diseases (von Bonsdorff M.B. et al. CMAJ)

17 Sickness-absence is a costfactor. Promotion of Workability is an Investment.