After a change of government, it is probably a good time to shake and get focused on work environment, says Vice President of the Danish Nurses, Dorte Steenberg.

She suggests that the working environment can be completely removed by the Ministry of Employment and the formation of a ministry for a healthy working environment. There also needs to form a prevention commission to come up with concrete proposals on how to avoid that so many people are affected by stress and mental stress. Right now. fills the working environment not much in the employment ministry's resort area. In fact it is almost invisible. At the same time, there are too many Danes who suffer from work-related stress and mental health problems. It is actually up to 40% of sickness absence in Denmark caused by stress, says Dorte Steenberg. This costs according to estimates an additional expense to the healthcare system of approximately 855 million kroner a year, so there's well short need for new solutions, she added. Bo Netterstrøm from occupational medical clinic at Bispebjerg Hospital, which is one of the leading researchers in stress, believes that the focus should be that managers and companies are aware that there is a connection between a healthy workplace that is managed properly, and the company's bottom line. It is clear that employee productivity is increased when there is a healthy and functioning psychological work. Unfortunately, we in this era of pressed trends that companies will increase the pressure on staff in a way that goes beyond the work environment, to increase revenue, he said. He can not decide on the creation of a Ministry of Labour is the way forward, but he can see the value in making a prevention commission, which will look at how we get reduced absenteeism and access to early retirement. If the case can be lifted onto the table, and the social partners is the idea, then it will be a big step forward, says Bo Netterstrøm.