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Worker‘s Participation on Handling the Challenge of Demographic Change Michael Gümbel Anlaufstelle Perspektive Arbeit & Gesundheit (Information Center „ Perspective: Work & Health “) 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 1

Background in Germany o High and growing amount of early retirements for reasons of (particularly mental) health o Remarkable skills shortage in numerous professions o Change of working conditions = change of work strain o Lack of information and advice for concerned people o Gap of implementation of legal obligations to create healthy work o Employers lack qualification to cope with demografic change 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 2

Anlaufstelle „Perspektive Arbeit & Gesundheit“ (Information Center „ Perspective: Work & Health “) since 15.1.2016 • Funding by the Hamburg state government • Cooperation with ✓ Employment centres, health + pension insurance and others • Executing organisation: ✓ Verein „Arbeit & Gesundheit e.V.“ • Task: information and advice for … ✓ Employees on handling work strain and avoiding premature retirement ✓ Employers on creating healthy and sustainable working conditions 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 3

Predominant attitudes Employees Employers • „Work hard and earn money “ • „People should be grateful for work “ • Unrealistic perception of financial • Unrealistic perception of labour situation after retiring market • Risk of over-adoption of responsibility • Under-estimation of influence of for health and motivation working conditions on health and motivation • Lack of knowledge of effects of • Lack of competence to create healthy working conditions work for all ages • Lack of self-efficacy 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 4

Orientation for employers • Facilitate development perspectives for employees getting older and young employees • Avoid antagonisms of „ old “ and „ young “ • Create working conditions suitable for a life-span of work • Establish personnel policy with long-term perspective • Practise knowledge management 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 5

Example project: „Palmengarten Frankfurt“ Development and implementation of measures Situation review WS Managment Physical work load Colaboration technical staff/ gardeners WS Fore(wo)men Amount of work and Professional perspectives procedures WS Employees Tech Communication and leadership 2WS Employees Knowledge management Garden Information and Information and Information and Information and discussion discussion discussion discussion 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 6

Example project: „Palmengarten Frankfurt“ Development and implementation of measures Situation review WS Managment Physical work load Colaboration technical staff/ gardeners WS Fore(wo)men Amount of work and Professional perspectives procedures WS Employees Tech Communication and leadership 2WS Employees Knowledge management Garden Information and Information and Information and Information and discussion discussion discussion discussion 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 7

Physical work load • Compilation of tasks with high strain – small chance to reach the usual age of retirement at work • Risk assesment and finding of measures on one example: Work with hoses for watering the plants • Intense discussion and identification of numerous measures – short-term and long-term • Making of a plan to deal with all other high-strain tasks in a similar way • Meetings at work places to apply measures and change the culture of work 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 8

Professional perspectives • Identification of tasks that do not appear to be executable until usual retirement age • Discuss possible changes in procedures and allocation of tasks • Let employees define tasks they could performe to higher age – and would like to perform • Develope new task layouts inside the organisation (Palmengarten) and in the whole urban administration • Start early with orientation, work place visits and formation • Establish professional development along working biography 22.10.2017 PAG- Perspektive Arbeit und Gesundheit 9