Staggered hours, repetitive work, in France, 4 out of 10 employees are exposed to at least one of the factors of hardship at work, reveals a study by Dares.
Painful posture, harmful noise, mechanical vibrations, difficult working conditions are numerous and take different forms depending on the profession. And according to a new report from the Directorate of Research, Studies and Statistics (Dares), four out of ten employees are exposed to at least 3 of the 10 factors of hardship at work defined by the law of January 20, 2014 as part of the pension reform. The workers and temporary employment sectors are the most affected.
A quarter of workers combine all three factors
The three hardship factors in question include “marked physical constraints”, “work in an aggressive environment” and “constrained work rhythms”. According to the study, 70% of workers are exposed to at least one of these categories, against 12% in managerial or intellectual professions. Sales employees are also familiar with these issues (48%). In addition, more than a quarter of workers accumulate at least three exposures to a factor of arduousness.
Work in an aggressive environment
“Marked physical constraints” top the list of factors. They refer in particular to painful or painful postures and heavy lifting. Here again, workers have the highest exposure rate (43%). The category “work in an aggressive environment” includes in particular harmful noise and exposure to chemicals. Conditions often encountered by caregivers (26%), hospital service workers (36%), home helpers and household helpers (27%) as well as hairdressers and beauticians (56%).
Finally, “the constrained work rhythm” refers to night-time or shifted schedules as well as repetitive work. Criteria which concern 34% of unskilled workers (young temporary workers), against around 25% of skilled workers and employees in commerce and services.
No hardship prevention account
Criteria that could be explained by the recruitment of healthy employees. Indeed, these jobs require a certain solidity, so that people with fragile health are not necessarily able to occupy this type of position.
This system introduced by the government will add a point or two to the account, depending on the number of factors to which they are exposed. These points can be converted into hours of training, a transition to part-time at the end of a career with maintenance of remuneration or quarters of retirement. However, the Dares specifies that the factors set out in the study are not the same as those defined by the government, because the figures “do not make it possible to precisely quantify the populations concerned”.
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