The data pages present work life information in a visualized and interactive format
Occupational safety and health enforcement data
The material compiled from the occupational safety and health authority's enforcement data system Vera contains information about the occupational safety and health inspections carried out in Finland in 2017-2023 and matters inspected during them.
Municipal work and employee well-being
Results of the Kunta10 study from 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024
Mental health in the healthcare and social welfare sector as well as in the art, culture and events sectors
Mental health diagnosis-based specialized health care appointments, sickness absences and disability pensions in employees in the healthcare and social welfare sector as well as in the art, culture and events sectors compared to other employees in 2010–2021
Working Finland study
The Working Finland study provides data that is based on an extensive survey on the work life experiences of the working population living in Finland, their working conditions and the state of their well-being at work. The Working Finland study is based on the Healthy Finland Survey by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health’s “How are you feeling?” well-being at work test provides extensive insight into well-being at work
How is the industrial sector, gender, age, level of education, mode of employment or position linked to work engagement, job satisfaction, job boredom, work addiction, job burnout or work ability? View the results based on the “How are you feeling?” well-being at work test data.
Work engagement
Work engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by experiences of vigour, dedication and absorption.
Work ability and functioning self-assessment
Work ability and functioning self-assessment from FIOH's Abilitator service
Working Life Barometer data regarding occupational burnout
The Working Life Barometer includes a question on how often the respondent has feelings related to occupational burnout or harmful stress in their work.
Work ability and work participation – working-age population classification results
A register review of the working-age population highlights individual variables related to work ability and their relevance to work participation.
Coaching leadership in social welfare and health care
The majority considers leadership in social welfare and health care to be coaching. Browse the results of the Mitä kuuluu? survey regarding leadership and supervisory work.
Occupational safety and health panel provides current information
The survey provides information about the phenomena, demands and trends of workplaces related to occupational safety and health.
Occupational safety and health and psychosocial factors
Psychosocial stress factors are identified, but their management is perceived as challenging.
Recognized occupational diseases in the working-age population
Which different factors contribute to the frequency of different occupational diseases? How are these diseases spread geographically? FIOH's statistics provide interesting insight into the matter.
Working time in the social welfare and health care sector
Monitoring the stressfulness of working time is the basis for further development of working time.
FINJEM (Finnish job-exposure matrix) – occupational exposure agent matrix 1945–2015
The matrix includes occupation-specific estimates about the number of exposed persons and their exposure levels. Estimates spanning various periods are presented for work-related chemical and physical exposure agents in the matrix
Workplace accidents
Workplace accidents 2014 - 2021
Use of cars and bicycles for commuting in the municipal sector in 2020 and 2022
The study examines changes in commuting and traffic emissions in the municipal sector in 2020 and 2022.
The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in municipal sector work
The study examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipal sector work based on a survey conducted in 2022.
Climate change and work - Survey data collection for employees
Employees' experiences on workplaces' sustainability measures were surveyed for the first time
Sickness absence in Finnish municipalities
A set of indicators by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health demonstrate the development of sickness absence in the 2000s
Well-being at work and competence in the service sector
The survey provides an updated overview of the work, well-being at work and competence of employees in the private service sector in the early 2020s.
Occupational safety and health and work outside the workplace
More than half of the workplaces have agreed on basic rules regarding work outside the workplace
Psychosocial factors at work
How are persons in different occupations exposed to psychosocial work factors?
Factors that predict a mental health diagnosis
What factors predict a mental-health-related diagnosis among employed people? Browse research results based on occupational health care data.
Occupational safety and health and climate change
According to the 2021 Occupational Safety and Health Panel, approximately every second workplace has recognized the effects of climate change at the workplace, but they have not been dealt with from the point of view of occupational safety
Work environment exposure measurements
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health is investigating employees’ exposure by using biomonitoring and by measuring the impurities in the air of Finnish workplaces.
Short sickness absences in different sectors
Respiratory diseases were the most common reason for short sickness absence in all of the six sectors studied. Browse and compare, for example, the second and third most common reasons for absences in different sectors and how they are distributed at an annual or weekly level.
Occupational exposure to carcinogenic substances
Learn more about the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health’s ASA register data during years 2010-2019.
Short sickness absences of substitutes in the health and social services sector
In 2017–2019, the short sickness absences of substitutes in the health and social services sector settled at the level of 3–5%. The year 2020 was exceptional as the number of short sickness absences of substitutes exceeded that of permanent employees.
Brainwork includes different tasks and situations
The Brainwork Survey investigates the prevalence, strenuousness and inspiring aspects of the different tasks and situations of work.
Work in the municipal sector and the impact of COVID-19 on work arrangements
Results of the Kunta10 study from the year 2020 according to effects of COVID-19
Diversity Barometer
The Diversity Barometer maps the diversity views of HR professionals.
Occupational safety and health activities during the COVID-19 situation
The occupational safety and health panel provides information about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected the workplace and how successfully the situation has been managed.
Sickness absence and the strenuousness of work
Compare the link between strenuous work and sickness absences in different occupations
