The action plan against repetitive work - An industrial relation strategy for improving the working environment

The Danish Action Plan against Repetitive Work is presented and discussed a s a possible new strategy for regulating repetitive work as well as other c omplicated working environment problems. The article is based on an empiric al evaluation of the Action Plan. The assessment of the Action Plan indicat es that a measurable reduction of repetitive work has been achieved, while recognizing that new management strategies focusing on human resource devel opment have also played an important role. These results are used to sugges t that-under certain conditions-a combination of state regulation and indus trial relation agreements can be used to regulate other working environment problems. (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.