Working hours, health, well-being and participation in working life (WOW)

Working hours, health, well-being and participation in working life (WOW) – creating new working time models and solutions for nordic countries -project will create working time-related solutions especially for women and ageing workers, who often have challenging working hours.

The overall aim of the research project Working hours, health, well-being and participation in working life (WOW) – creating new working time models and solutions for nordic countries is to develop evidence-based models and solutions related to working hours in order to support health, well-being and work participation among employees in the Nordic countries. The project will create working time-related solutions especially for women and ageing workers ,who often have challenging working hours. Among these groups, the role of work-life balance and health, which are the key determinants of well-being at work, will be studied as horizontal key concepts.

The project is managed by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland. Professor Mikko Härmä is the leader of the Project. Professor Jouko Nätti (University of Tampere) is a consortium partner.

For more information, visit project website: https://www.ttl.fi/en/research-and-development-projects/wow/