Occupational wellbeing and work ability
Well-being at work is an overall experience of how an individual feels at work. It includes work-related attitudes, emotions and alertness. Well-being at work is influenced by working conditions, the properties of the work itself and individual factors. Work ability refers to the totality of an individual’s resources and other work-related factors. Incapacity for work refers to a significant decrease in work ability. An individual’s ability to work is influenced by the individual’s health and functional capacity, professional competence, motivation, attitudes and values.
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 well-being at work experiences of the respondents to the “How are you feeling” test vary by industrial sector
Well-being at work experiences, such as work engagement, job burnout symptoms, and job boredom vary somewhat between industrial sectors.
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 varies according to profession and gender, test shows
Experiences of work engagement is common in all sectors
Work engagement
Work engagement is a positive, fulfilling, work-related state of mind characterized by experiences of vigour, dedication and absorption.
Abilitator indicates the functional capacity of those in a difficult labour market position
The Abilitator is a self-assessment method of work ability and functional capacity based on the respondent’s own assessment of their situation.
Work ability and functioning self-assessment
Work ability and functioning self-assessment from FIOH's Abilitator service
The Working Life Barometer measures occupational burnout experienced by employees
The Working Life Barometer by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has studied experiences of occupational burnout since 2019.
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 comparison results
The classification results allow for studying the link between the factors related to work ability of the working-age population and work participation. The results can be viewed at a national level or by wellbeing services county.
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.
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.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on municipal sector work
The COVID-19 pandemic increased stress or strain in several professions in the municipal sector.
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.
Private service sector work undergoing change
Securing workforce in the private service sector requires ensuring the well-being and competence of existing employees as well as the recruitment and induction of new employees.
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.
Municipal work and employee well-being
Results of the Kunta10 study from 2016, 2018, 2020 and 2022
Psychosocial factors at work
How are persons in different occupations exposed to psychosocial work factors?
Good opportunities to influence working time support the well-being at work of ageing shift workers in the social welfare and health care
Ageing in shift work is particularly detrimental to the quality of sleep, and various illnesses among older employees are becoming more common. The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health recommends providing older employees with better opportunities to reduce the number of night shifts and long working times.
Brainwork stresses and inspires in every industry
Today’s work is, above all, cognitive work i.e. brainwork. Even many traditionally physical work tasks become more cognitively-oriented under the conditions of the digital era.
Brainwork includes different tasks and situations
The Brainwork Survey investigates the prevalence, strenuousness and inspiring aspects of the different tasks and situations of work.
Perceived stress during the COVID-19 epidemic varied by occupation among municipal employees – remote work was linked to higher satisfaction
The Kunta10 survey reveals that municipal employees were, for the most part, fairly satisfied with their work life in the past year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the year was difficult, positive trends were seen in several areas of work life.
Coaching leadership praised in social welfare and health care
Supervisors in social welfare and health care receive positive feedback regarding their leadership. The majority of employees consider the nature of their leadership to be fair and coaching.
Assessment ensures more efficient implementation
Development of the implementation of multidisciplinary work ability and employment support services for people of working age requires extensive impact and effectiveness assessment
Disability pension and work’s loading factors
Compare disability pension caused by knee and hip arthrosis by occupation
Shift intervals that are too short for recovery must be reduced
The City of Helsinki as an example of shift planning that promotes recovery