Women take sick leave more often than men. In Poland, according to data published by the Social Insurance Fund (ZUS), in 2013, 55% of days lost due to sickness absence for own illness granted to persons insured with ZUS were recorded for women. This articles attempts to find out if there is a relationship between working conditions and sickness absence among men and women.

Electronic communication channels are still growing in importance in companies’ internal communication. To find out how they are used in OSH management the survey has been conducted in 86 companies. According to the results of the survey classical channels of communication (oral and written) are significantly more often used than electronic ones and assessed as more effective. They are also more frequently introduced as new channels of communication in the surveyed companies.

Manager is a coveted profession for quite many a people. In recent years, it has been enjoying a real growth in popularity and there have been no indications that might change any time soon. Unfortunately, however, work in a constant hurry, the need to make important decisions in a short time and the feeling of great responsibility result in multiple pitfalls. Those include stress, burnout, problems with time, inability to cooperate with subordinates. This article discusses the most dangerous ones.

Root causes of accidents are often related to organizational factors. This article presents a review of factors identified on the basis of literature in the field of health and safety at work. The list of factors starts with items most frequently discussed in scientific articles and ends with those mentioned only once. The review includes, among others, communication, training, role responsibilities, centralization, formalization, coordination of work, supervision, allocation of resources, pressure, organizational culture, safety culture, leadership and workers’ commitment.

Modern cars are increasingly often equipped with automatic safety systems aimed at avoiding collision or mitigating its effects. The operation of such systems is based on complex algorithms, whose task is to analyze the traffic situation and the relative configuration of its participants, to predict on this basis the probable course of events and to take preventive actions in situations which may lead to collision. It is essential to design these algorithms to assist drivers in case of an accident, but not to hinder other preventive actions. For designers of such systems, it is, therefore, extremely important to know what drivers intend to do when they expect an accident. The use of an actual car to study driver behavior, however, is virtually impossible in an accident. A driving simulator is perfectly suited to study such cases.