Psychosocial Factors at work

Abstract

From the perspective of Gorz1 and the invention of work, it is asserted that the human being claims, seeks and offers a demanded public activity, defined and recognized as useful that is also renumbered; However, this activity produces a disunity between the time of work and the time of living. With this background and seeking the development of public policies for the health of workers in the United States of America (USA), the report “Protecting the Health of Eighty Million Workers” 2 was carried out more than 52 years ago, in which shows a concern for the mental health of workers and its relationship with modern working conditions, a concern that has been maintained and strengthened to the point of recognizing the terms of psychosocial factors, work organization, healthy organizational environments, and more, as everyday. related to occupational health