New numbers should be taken seriously: Women hit three times more often than men
– The work injury system needs a reality check. Today, you are far better off if you lift too heavy than if you get anxiety, depression, heart failure or other mental sequelae. But the system – and the legislation – must of course be able to handle today’s smoke, noise and muck. For it is clear that a system that is much older than women’s participation in the labor market does not take into account the diseases and injuries that affect them, and one may wonder, she says.
More mental work injury cases should come forward in light
Therefore, HK proposes that DKK 20 million be allocated. DKK for a three -year trial where the Labor Market Business Insurance (AES) is required to obtain occupational medicine statements in all relevant cases. An initiative that can document at least 1,000 extra cases annually so that more mental work injury cases can get a proper and factual assessment.
– In HK we would like to see more invested in the occupational medicine clinics that illuminate these cases. For it will not only make it easier to document the cases so that AES can assess them on a sensible, professional basis, it will also send a clear signal that mental work injuries should be taken as seriously as physical, concludes Anja C. Jensen.
Key figures:
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2.3 out of 1,000 employed women were affected by a stress -related occupational disease in 2023, while the figure for men was 0.7. (Source: AE)
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3,000 out of just over 4,000 reported stress -related occupational diseases affected women in 2023. (Source: AE)
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Reviews of stress -related occupational diseases have increased from 1,750 in 2010 to over 4,000 in 2023. (Source: AE)
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9.4% of men are recognized by their mental work injuries, while the same goes for 3.6% of women. (Source: AES)
