Stress in work from everyday use of digital technologies has 63 % of Slovaks. 20 % of managers suffer anxiety, but this is the highest share of all professions. At the same time, managers have the highest level of conflicts between working and private life. Stress in the workplace is not only affected by directors and top managers, but also ordinary employees regardless of position. This was pointed out by the Confederation of Trade Unions (KOZ) SR.
Artificial intelligence and digitization have significantly influenced the labor market and thus the approach to addressing issues related to the safety and health of employees’ health. “On the one hand, these technologies bring great opportunities for employees and potential benefits to improve the level of safety and health at work (OHS), such as reducing effort at work or protecting a hazardous working environment, but on the other hand they also represent many unexplored risks,” The Director General of the National Labor Inspectorate Alena Zvarová Bašistová said.
The number of occupational diseases is increasing, with the second most common health problem that affects European employees Stress, anxiety and depression. Working with technological and digital tools or artificial intelligence is also new stress factors. However, for a long time, based on data from the European Agency for Safety and Health Protection, it has been a long -term sitting in employment. Other risk factors in workplaces associated with Damage to the supporting-movement system Last year they belonged to repeated movements of hand or arms (63 %) and lifting or moving people or heavy loads (52 %).
“As a positive trend, preparation for digital technologies in companies appears. People are stressed by new work, but approximately 42 % of businesses also offer their employees training in this area to eliminate a stress factor. Businesses further reported as risks and Increased work intensity, in 34 %, information overload, 32 %, and wiping the borders between working and private life, which reported 27 %, ” They were supplied by trade unionists.
According to them, stress in workplaces became an epidemic in Europe, with approximately 10,000 people die every year. Psychosocial risks are thus a greater threat to employees than physical accidents. The most affected stress crisis are women, long working time, uncertainty of employment or bullying in the workplace is quite affected. Higher incidence of stress -related deaths is particularly visible in countries Central, Eastern and Southeast Europe.
