Publications

Factors contributing to developed work environment management practices in the Swedish business sector

There is a great need to learn more about the factors behind sustainable and healthy working using different methods and considering the work environment from more angles. This report is based on data from a survey conducted by the Agency in 2019–2020, focusing on the correlation between work environment management and several factors, such as company size and work organization within the Swedish business sector.

• Date2024/05/29
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A report of work environment and health among assistant nurses, registered nurses and physicians in Sweden’s public healthcare system

This report is part of the agency’s reporting on its government assigned task to “collect and compile knowledge about work environment risks and health-promoting factors among healthcare professionals” (Ref. No. S2021/06572[ in part]).

• Date2024/03/20
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The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on work environments in Sweden

The report summarizes the results of the government's mission to map and analyse the short- and long-term consequences of the corona pandemic and the impact on the work environment in Sweden. Read or download the file.

• Date2023/06/30
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The work environment of teachers in compulsory schools during the Covid-19 pandemic

Read or download our report on how the Covid-19 pandemic affected the work environments of swedish teachers in compulsory schools. Unlike many other countries, compulsory schools (up to grade 9) in Sweden remained open during the pandemic and classroom-based teaching continued for both teachers and pupils. Changes to working methods in schools were implemented in order to prevent the spread of infection and keep activities running.

• Date2023/06/29
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Measuring organizational-level factors that promote healthy working conditions and their long-term development

The government tasked the Swedish Work Environment Authority and the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise, in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, with reviewing organizational-level factors that promote healthy working conditions and their long-term development.

• Date2022/06/09
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Remote work – review of international research on work environment and health, work–life balance and productivity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic with particular consideration for conditions for women and men

• Date2022/04/08
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Occupational health and safety measures in the Swedish business sector during the coronavirus pandemic – a snapshot from 2020

The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of health and safety measures applied by companies in Sweden during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, with a focus on the industries to which the companies belong.

• Date2021/11/19
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Mapping and Analysis of Conditions for Working from Home during the Covid-19 Pandemic

In December 2020 the government tasked the Swedish Agency for Work Environment Expertise with mapping and analysing the conditions surrounding working from home during the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Date2021/09/10
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