Global Seminar Series: May 10, 2023              

The 4th Working Time Society Global Seminar – “Working Hours and Health in Different Occupations: Recent Studies from Finland, Sweden and Norway” – was held on May 10th, 2023 2:45pm – 5:30pm CEST.

This seminar featured primarily the work of Early Career Researchers. It was organized by Mikael Sallinen and Anna Dahlgren and hosted by the WTS in collaboration with the working hour research groups of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Karolinska Institute, the University of Bergn, and the National Institute of Occupational Health.

Speakers were:

Martine Pedersen: Reduced vigilance after three and four consecutive night shifts among shift workers in the aluminum industry

Jussi Onninen: Reported causes of sleepiness in shift-working drivers

Päivi Vanttola: Physiological stress and working hours in hybrid working experts

Ingebjørg Louise Rockwell Djupedal: Effects of a work schedule without quick returns on sickness absence among health care workers: Results from a large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial

Kristin Öster: On the topic of quick returns – effects on sleep, stress and sleepiness in nurses

Jarno Turunen: The association of COVID19-pandemic and working hour characteristics in the Finnish public health care sector

Isabelle Hernandez: Managing working hours and staffing during the COVID-19 pandemic: An organizational recovery paradox

The seminar was held in an online meeting. The Working Time Society was pleased to announce that registration was FREE and open to everyone! If you are not a WTS member, please consider a donation to support Early Career Researchers in our WTS network, if you can. See Donations to the WTS.