Post by account_disabled on Aug 29, 2023 23:21:34 GMT -5
Chandola: There was no improvement in the mental health of adults who started working in bad jobs—their levels of mental health were very similar to those who remained unemployed.
But the levels of chronic stress related biomarkers among those Switzerland Mobile Number List who started working in bad jobs were much higher than their peers who remained unemployed.
These biomarkers related to stress are very different from self-perceptions of stress and are based on elevated levels of hormones, inflammatory, metabolic and cardiovascular levels such as higher blood pressure and cholesterol.
RG: Your study looks at British adults. Do you think the results would be similar in other countries?
Chandola: Yes, a few other studies in countries like Australia also have found that unemployed adults who are re-employed in bad jobs have poorer health than those who remained unemployed.
RG: Would you recommend that unemployed people turn down poor quality jobs?
Chandola: No, but if the workers suspect that their work is making them ill, they need to do something about it. This does not mean leaving their bad jobs, but rather informing their doctor about this, making their managers know about how their work is disabling them.
Employers have a duty of protection for the health of their workers, and need to make reasonable adjustments if they have a disability. Flexible working arrangements such as reduced hours working is one of the ways people with limiting health conditions can manage work and their health.
But the levels of chronic stress related biomarkers among those Switzerland Mobile Number List who started working in bad jobs were much higher than their peers who remained unemployed.
These biomarkers related to stress are very different from self-perceptions of stress and are based on elevated levels of hormones, inflammatory, metabolic and cardiovascular levels such as higher blood pressure and cholesterol.
RG: Your study looks at British adults. Do you think the results would be similar in other countries?
Chandola: Yes, a few other studies in countries like Australia also have found that unemployed adults who are re-employed in bad jobs have poorer health than those who remained unemployed.
RG: Would you recommend that unemployed people turn down poor quality jobs?
Chandola: No, but if the workers suspect that their work is making them ill, they need to do something about it. This does not mean leaving their bad jobs, but rather informing their doctor about this, making their managers know about how their work is disabling them.
Employers have a duty of protection for the health of their workers, and need to make reasonable adjustments if they have a disability. Flexible working arrangements such as reduced hours working is one of the ways people with limiting health conditions can manage work and their health.