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Working environment and occupational health

Work environment and equal opportunities

Uppsala University is to have a health-promoting and sustainable work environment with equal rights and opportunities for all employees and students. This helps ensure that the University is a higher education institution with a safe, stimulating and challenging learning and research environment. It creates the conditions for successful activities and helps make Uppsala University an attractive employer. Work environment and equal opportunities management should be undertaken systematically, with a focus on prevention and promotion. This requires the work environment to be planned and developed with respect for the UN Convention on Human Rights, work environment legislation, discrimination legislation and other relevant laws that we as a higher education institution must comply with.

In the A-Z list you can find information linked to the work environment and equal opportunities at Uppsala University. Click on the image below to access the A-Z list.

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Most accessed:

  • Alcohol and drugs
  • Occupational injury
  • Occupational health service
  • Conflicts, victimisation and harassment
  • Laboratory safety
  • Rehabilitation and Returning to Work
  • Courses related to work environment issues
  • Employee dialogues

Systematic work environment and equal opportunities management

Working systematically on the work environment and equal opportunities promotes employee and student health and gives us the conditions to most effectively gain and disseminate knowledge for the benefit of humankind and for a better world. Moreover, it is by working systematically on the work environment and equal opportunities that we can prevent conflicts, unwelcome behaviour, victimisation, harassment, discrimination, sick leave and more. As an employer and a higher education institution, Uppsala University also has a legal obligation to undertake this management as part of its regular activities. The basis of systematic work environment management is the Work Environment Act (1977:1160) and the provisions of AFS 2001:1 Systematic work environment management, while the basis of systematic equal opportunities management is the Discrimination Act (2008:567) ‘Active measures’.

At Uppsala University, a department/equivalent can choose to integrate the management of these issues or manage them separately.

More information about how systematic work environment and equal opportunities management can be integrated can be found here.

Information about systematic work environment management and how it can be implemented can be found here.

Information about systematic equal opportunities management and how it can be implemented (separately) can be found here.

Contact information for further advice and support

In the first instance, contact the local HR and/or equal opportunities representative if you have a question about equal opportunities.

There are also functions in the administration that offer advice and support to activities in relation to work environment and equal opportunities issues:
Unit for Environment and Physical Work Environment
HR specialists at the Human Resources Division.
Equal opportunities specialists at
the Human Resources Division.
Equal opportunities coordinator at the Student Affairs and Academic Registry Division
Coordinator for students with disabilities at the Student Affairs and Academic Registry Division

University-wide governance documents in the field of work environment and equal opportunities
Work Environment Policy for Uppsala University
Systematic work environment management
Guidelines for measures against bullying or victimisation (UFV 2012/1500)
Guidelines for dealing with cases of harassment under the Discrimination Act (UFV 2011/724)

 

Content owner: Karin Karlström 27 januari 2023

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