Do regulatory tools instigate measures to prevent work-related psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors? A process evaluation of a Labour inspection authority trial in the Norwegian home-care services.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is a research gap regarding the way managers and employee representatives respond to Labour Authority interventions targeting work-related psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors. The present study aimed to determine if (I) labour inspections and (II) guidance-through-workshops led by inspectors were perceived by the target audience as equally useful and educational; and to determine if utility and enhanced knowledge were associated with the implementation of measures to prevent work-related risk factors. Finally, it aimed to determine if the managers in the intervention groups to a greater extent than the controls reported implementing such measures.

Results

Managers and employee representatives in both intervention groups reported a high level of perceived

SUBMITTER: Johannessen HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9673432 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature