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The Luxembourg Association for Occupational Health in the Financial Sector (Association pour la Santé au Travail du secteur Financier or ASTF) was founded in 1994 at the initiative of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association to comply with the legal requirements for monitoring the health and well-being of employees in their workplace.

The Luxembourg Association for Occupational Health in the Financial Sector (Association pour la Santé au Travail du secteur Financier or ASTF) was founded in 1994 at the initiative of the Luxembourg Bankers’ Association to comply with the legal requirements for monitoring the health and well-being of employees in their workplace.

Since then the ASTF has been carrying out all the tasks of an occupational health and safety service: medical examination of new employees, regular consultations, monitoring people returning to work after lengthy illness, treating work-related pathologies, ergonomic studies and prevention of harassment.

The ASTF set up ASTF Prevention at the Kirchberg Hospital in 2003, a service whose principal task is to offer health check-ups to employees in the financial sector. Any member company may send its employees for a complete medical check-up, which shall obviously be kept strictly confidential. In addition, ASTF Prevention develops preventive concepts applicable in business environments covering subjects as diverse as nutrition, stress management, sport and sleep quality, to mention just a few.

The ASTF is a continuously evolving association. It listens to the needs of its member companies and regularly adapts the range of its activities to meet the needs of a working world that is constantly changing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can contact the ASTF?

All member companies and their employees can ask the ASTF for advice on anything that concerns health and well-being at work.

What are the legal obligations?

The legal obligations are specified by the Luxembourg Law of June 17, 1994 on occupational health and safety.

What does the ASTF contribute in terms of ergonomy?

ASTF ergonomic activities are extremely varied, ranging from measurement of environmental factors (air quality, lighting, noise) to conducting conferences on computer work, providing individual advice or else making planning stage proposals.

What is covered by the ASTF-Prevention health check-ups?

Health check-ups carried out at the Kirchberg Hospital by ASTF doctors include a blood test, an ECG, functional respiratory testing and intra-ocular tonometry, followed by an in-depth medical examination and personalised advice.

What health promotion activities can I ask the ASTF to provide for my business?

The ASTF offers a broad spectrum of in-company health support, including a large variety of conferences on a range of subjects affecting health and safety: stress management, communications, openness to change, harassment, the burn-out syndrome, nutrition, sleep disorders, physical activity, computer work, environmental factors and sunlight exposure, as well as a great many other subjects at the request of employees.

Other services are also offered, such as eye tests and the calculation of body mass index or body fat percentage.

Does the ASTF have a concept of work-life balance?

Health Days are opportunities to provide a complete overview of healthy living, including authoritative explanations and practical workshops that will enable you to make changes in your life-style in order to improve your mental and physical health starting the very next day.

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