丹麦护士组织(Danish Nurses' Organisation)副主任格瑞特?克里斯腾森(Grete Christensen)表示：“如今你可以因上夜班获得补偿，就如同在某些工厂中与有毒化学物质为伍一样。”该组织有7名成员获得了补偿。
Other European countries including the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK are also examining looking at the link between night work and breast cancer and may move to granting compensation.
包括荷兰、比利时和英国等其它欧洲国家也在研究夜班工作与乳癌之间的关联，并可能提供相应补偿。
The Cancer Society of Finland said a forthcoming study on work and cancer in Nordic countries would add to the evidence of a link between shift work and breast cancer in both men and women.
芬兰癌症协会(Cancer Society of Finland)表示，一份研究北欧国家工作与癌症关系的报告即将发表，将提供更多证据，说明轮班工作与乳癌之间存在关联，不管是男性还是女性。
Up to a fifth of employees in Europe and the US work shifts including nights. More than 30 per cent work at night in healthcare, manufacturing, mining, transport, communication and the leisure and hospitality sectors.
包括夜班在内，欧洲和美国有多达五分之一雇员轮班工作。在医疗、制造、矿业、交通、通信和娱乐住宿行业，30%以上雇员在夜班工作。
“There is sufficient evidence that night work is causing damage to men's and women's health,” says Laurent Vogel, director of the health and safety department of the European Trade Union Confederation's Institute. “The point is to limit night work to social or technical reasons . . . [not] just for reasons of profitability.”
“有充分证据表明，夜班工作对人体健康有害，无论男性还是女性。”欧洲工会联合会研究所(ETUI-REHS)安全卫生部主任洛朗?沃格尔(Laurent Vogel)表示：“关键是从社会或技术的角度减少夜班……而不仅仅是从盈利角度考虑。”
Denmark's injuries board looked at 75 cases last year and approved compensation in 38. The board said it might recognise night working as an occupational disease once the full IARC report was published, speeding up approval of pay-outs.
丹麦国家伤害委员会去年研究了75个案例，批准给予其中38例补偿。该委员会表示，一旦IARC的报告全文发表。