Effects of the Labor Inspection Authority's regulatory tools on physician-certified sick leave and employee health in Norwegian home-care services - a cluster randomized controlled trial

CONCLUSION: Labor inspections and guidance-through-workshops had no statistically significant effect on self-reported health and physician-certified sick leave. The results should be interpreted with caution given the low response rate and subsequent attrition, and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies, in various industries, should further elucidate whether regulatory tools influence employee health and sick leave due to musculoskeletal and mental disorders.PMID:37903341 | DOI:10.5271/sjweh.4126

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health - October 30, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Bj ørnar Finnanger Garshol Stein Knardahl Jan Shahid Emberland Øivind Skare H åkon A Johannessen Source Type: research