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European Disability Forum

http://www.edf-feph.org

Europe's Elderly – How Are They?

http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/press/2005/pr2804en.cfm

The first detailed results of a European survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe (SHARE). Among the surprising results: Northern Europeans are healthier and wealthier but people in the South of Europe live longer. Europe has the highest proportion of older citizens of any continent worldwide and the average age of Europeans will continue to increase for many more years.

Europa Homepage for Disability

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/disability/index_en.html

European Social Platform for NGO's

http://www.socialplatform.org/anim/anim.htm

New Research Highlights Changing Demands of Older Workforce

http://www.eurohs.eu.com/front-end/news-full.php?id=4299

The research, which comes from the US-based UnumProvident Corporation and examines US employees aged between 40 and 60 years, precedes UK research, due this autumn, into employer and employee attitudes related to our ageing workforce.

Agency Low Back Pain Report p29

http://agency.osha.eu.int/publications/reports/204/en/lowback.pdf

Age / years of employment

It is agreed that the prevalence of low back disorders increase as people enter their working years: by the age of 30, most people have had their first episode of back pain. It would be incorrect to include that low back disorders are a health problem only for older workers, since prevalence rates are also found in younger age groups

Magnitude and Spectrum of Farm Injuries in the EU Countries

http://europa.eu.int/comm/health/ph_projects/2002/injury/fp_injury_2002_frep_02_en.pdf

Including analysis by age.

European foundation: Health and Work Satisfaction Among Older Workers

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/ewco/2005/02/EE0502NU02.htm

100 Best Workplaces in the EU and Three Special Awards 2003

http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-dial/csr/eu100best.htm

The European Older People's Platform

http://www.age-platform.org/

The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC)

http://www.eumc.eu.int

European Statistics (EUROSTAT)

http://epp.eurostat.cec.eu.int/portal/page?_pageid=1090,1&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

http://www.eurofound.eu.int/index.htm

For Diversity, Against Discrimination

http://www.stop-discrimination.info/

This is the European Commission's website on anti-discrimination which serves as a source of information on the EU-wide campaign "For Diversity. Against Discrimination." In this website you can find background information about the measures that have been initiated by the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs to combat discrimination.

Diversity Policies Can Help Business Says Report for Commission

http://www.socialdialogue.net/en/en_lib_167.htm

Disability - The Business Case

http://www.socialdialogue.net/en/en_lib_174.htm

Harassment and Discrimination Faced by People with Psycho-Social Disability in Health Services.

A European survey:

http://www.enusp.org/documents/harassment/overview.htm

Increasing employment of older workers and delaying the exit from the labour market

http://europa.eu.int/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=189450

Adopted by the Commission on 3 March. Emphasising that increasing the participation and employment rates for older workers benefits the economy by making full use of the available workforce, the Commission notes the progress made so far towards this objective - defined at the Stockholm and Barcelona European Councils - and recommends certain measures to ensure that all the targets are met