According to the Netherlands Center for Occupational Diseases (Centrum voor Beroepsziekten, NCvB), an organization that publishes national statistics and organizes targeted monitoring campaigns, the escalation (+48.5%) in burnout cases in 2009 is tied to the “intensity of work and the unbalance between private and professional life.” Two factors can explain the increase in work-related diseases: better detection thanks to campaigns carried out in construction notably, and more complaints dealt with in 2009. No less than 10,000 cases were registered last year, i.e. 3,000 more than in 2008. The sectors most affected include health, education, and the industry in descending order. The most frequent pathologies are skeleto-muscular diseases (42%), hearing problems caused by noise (34%) and mental troubles (17%).
ucation, and the industry in descending order. The most frequent pathologies are skeleto-muscular diseases (42%), hearing problems caused by noise (34%) and mental troubles (17%).
Pascale Le Blanc, labor psychology specialist at the Utrecht University, thinks that the “emotional and moral weight” upon employees has soared, particularly because of new technologies. “It is harder to leave work, even at home, because of computers, the internet and cell phones.” Uncertainty because of the crisis cou
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