ERGO WORK - Creating the best places to work

Grażyna O'Sullivan; Louise Moody; Janet Saunders; Andreja Čurin; Marjan Leber

ERGO WORK - Creating the best places to work

Grażyna O'Sullivan, Louise Moody, Janet Saunders, Andreja Čurin, Marjan Leber

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Abstract

"Social Cohesion" is one of the seven main objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, and including disabled people in the labour market is a key element. There are challenges associated with providing fit for purpose workplaces and job design for full inclusion of people with disabilities. Ergonomics as a discipline has a key role to play. This paper describes the premise behind, and initial research undertaken within the 10 partner, European funded project "ERGO WORK - joining academia and business for new opportunities in creating ERGOnomic WORKplaces". The picture across Europe is variable in terms of workplace inclusion, and in the application of ergonomics and universal design. The project aims to encourage cooperation between universities, businesses and other organizations to improve learning, teaching and knowledge transfer in respect to ergonomic workplace design for disability. In the long term, the impact of the project is intended to be improved equal employment opportunities, enhanced understanding of universal design and principles for providing quality working environments in Europe. This paper describes the project rationale and some preliminary data from a scoping study to understand the provision for disability made in workplaces across Poland, Slovenia and the UK. Future work is outlined.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014
Editors	Francisco Rebelo, Marcelo Soares
Publisher	AHFE/CRC Press
Pages	215-226
Volume	Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations Part 2
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4951-2107-4
Publication status	Published - Jul 2014
Event	5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics - Kraków, Poland Duration: 19 Jul 2014 → 23 Jul 2014

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
Abbreviated title	AHFE 2014
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Kraków
Period	19/07/14 → 23/07/14

Bibliographical note

This conference paper is not yet available on the repository. The paper was given at the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014, Kraków, Poland 19-23 July 2014

Keywords

persons with disability (PWD)
employment
ergonomics
corporate social responsibility
employees’
needs

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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ERGOWORK: Joining academia and business for new opportunities in creating ERGOnomic WORK places
Moody, L.
1/09/13 → 31/08/15
Project: Research

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O'Sullivan, G., Moody, L., Saunders, J., Čurin, A., & Leber, M. (2014). ERGO WORK - Creating the best places to work. In F. Rebelo, & M. Soares (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014 (Vol. Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations Part 2, pp. 215-226). AHFE/CRC Press. http://www.ahfe2015.org/

ERGO WORK - Creating the best places to work. / O'Sullivan, Grażyna; Moody, Louise; Saunders, Janet et al.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014. ed. / Francisco Rebelo; Marcelo Soares. Vol. Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations Part 2 AHFE/CRC Press, 2014. p. 215-226.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

O'Sullivan, G, Moody, L, Saunders, J, Čurin, A & Leber, M 2014, ERGO WORK - Creating the best places to work. in F Rebelo & M Soares (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014. vol. Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations Part 2, AHFE/CRC Press, pp. 215-226, 5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Kraków, Poland, 19/07/14. <http://www.ahfe2015.org/>

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