Returning to the Workplace During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Concerns of Australian Workers.

ABSTRACT: Purpose To determine the nature and prevalence of workers' concerns regarding workplaces reopening during the pandemic. To identify characteristics of workers and industries where particular concerns are more common. Method Prospective cohort study of 1063 employed Australian adults, enrolled at the start of the pandemic. Data on attitudes to workplaces reopening were collected 1 July-30 September 2020. The frequency of concerns describes infection risk and changes to work and impact on home life. Regression models examined associations between demographic and industry factors with reopening concerns. Results More than four in five (82.4%) of workers reported concerns about workplace infection risk. Just over half (53.4%) reported concerns about impacts to work and home life. Concerns were

SUBMITTER: Griffiths D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8204924 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature