Contact: kristin.farrants@ki.se Background: Many blue-collar workers in the trade and retail industries have jobs that make it hard to avoid contacts with other people, which may have increased their risk for sickness absence (SA) during the Covid-19 pandemic. The aim was to investigate rates of SA and sociodemographic and occupational differences in risk of SA during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: A prospective cohort study of all blue-collar workers in Sweden in the trade and retail industry aged 18-67 in 2018 (n = 299 484), followed 5 years (2016-2020) using linked microdata from nationwide registers. Descriptive statistics of rate of workers having had at least one SA-spell >14 days were calculated, and logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of having SA due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses (some infectious, respiratory, and symptom-based diagnoses). Results: Their SA rates increased from fluctuating between 7.6%-8.2% in 2016-2019 to 10.0% in 2020. 0.05% had SA due to Covid-19 and 2.2% had SA due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses. Factors associated with having SA due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses were older age (OR age 55-64: 3.41, CI 3.04-3.82 compared to 18-25) and only elementary education (OR 1.50, CI 1.37-1.64 compared to university/college). Warehouse and terminal staff (reference category) was the occupational group with the highest risk of SA/DP due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses. Cashiers had the second highest risk, with CIs that overlapped 1 (OR 0.91, CI 0.77-1.06). All other occupational groups had significantly lower ORs (0.48-0.78). Conclusions: The SA rates increased slightly during the Covid-19 pandemic. Within the trade and retail industry, the warehouse and terminal staff was the occupational group with the highest risk of SA due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses. Key messages:  The rates of SA among blue-collar workers in the trade and retail industry increased slightly during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic.  Warehouse and terminal staff and cashiers were the occupational groups with the highest risk of SA due to Covid-19 or related diagnoses among blue-collar workers in the trade and retail industry. Abstract citation ID: ckac131.278 Factors associated with gender-based violence in couples during confinement by COVID-19 in Veracruz Josue Eli Villegas Dominguez AJ Cruz Garduza 1,2 , AR Rodriguez Barranco 2 , R Vazquez Garate 2 , S Uscanga Alcantara 2 , A Martinez Torralba 2 , M Perez Santamaria 2 , H Juarez de la Huerta 2 , JJ Pavan Gallardo 2 , JE Villegas Dominguez 1,2 1 Facultad de Medicina, Campus Veracruz, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz, Mexico 2 Facultad de Medicina, Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Veracruz, Mexico Contact: josue_eli@hotmail.com Background: In the world, about a third of women who have had a relationship have suffered some type of violence and Veracruz city in Mexico presented 83 femicides, 519 assaults and 686 disappearances, occupying the 2nd place national in this field. Objetives: To determinate the factors associated with gender violence during confinement by covid-19 Methods: A cross-sectional, prospective, analytical and observational study was conducted between August - December 2021. Women residents of Veracruz who have or have had a relationship in the last year were included. Violence was quantified by applying to through Google Forms Õ assessment inventory of mistreatment of women by their couple (APCM) with cronbach’s alpha of 0.94; this instrument takes into account physical and psychological violence. SPSS v22 software was used for data analysis, X2 test with Odds Ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) and MannWhitney U test. Results: A total of 740 women participated, with a mean age of 28.112.07, 87.8% heterosexual. Gender, sexual preference, educational level, witnessing violence in the family or in relationships with friends obtained values of p > 0.05 to suffer violence, while age was higher for those who suffered gender- based violence (28.8 vs 24.2) and the associated factors (OR/ CI95%) were being a housewife (3.1/1.4-6.9), being a student (0.5/0.3-0.8), being married (1.8/1.05-3.3), having a boyfriend (0.3/0.2-0.5), having suffered violence in a previous relation- ship (1.6/1.06-2.5), identifying gender-based violence correctly or perceived (0.2/0.1-0.4), having suffered gender-based violence at some time by their partner in their last relationship (15.9/5.0-50.9) (p < 0.05) Conclusions: Being a housewife, being married, having suffered violence in previous relationships and in the last relationship increase the risk of gender violence, while being a student, having a boyfriend and knowing the concept of gender violence decrease the probability of suffering it. Key messages:  We must work on a deconstruction of ideas that allows women with risk factors for violence with their couples to identify it without fear of not meeting the socio-cultural expectations assigned to it.  Including a woman’s partner within the structure of prevention of violence against women must be fundamental to promote an environment free of violence. Abstract citation ID: ckac131.279 Health services gaps experienced by non-standard workers in Ontario, Canada: Policy implications Virginia Gunn V Gunn 1,2,3 , P O’Campo 2,4 , P Buhariwala 2 , C Muntaner 3,4,5 , W Lewchuk 6 , S Baron 7 , T Bodin 1,8 1 Unit of Occupational Medicine, Institute of Environmental Medicine KI, Stockholm, Sweden 2 MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Canada 3 Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada 4 Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Toronto, Canada 5 Department of Mental Health, The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA 6 School of Labour Studies & Department of Economics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 7 Community Health and Social Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University NY, New York, USA 8 Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Stockholm Region, Stockholm, Sweden Contact: Virginia.gunn@utoronto.ca Background: While the Canadian universal health system provides access to basic services, key health benefits are employer dependent. Given that non-standard workers (NSWs) only rarely have access to such benefits they have increased vulnerability to the many insecurities derived from their precarious employment, as clearly seen during the pandemic. The growing problem of non-standard work and workers’ heightened risk for health status deterioration, followed by a possible accentuation of health inequities, is a population health concern. This study summarizes several health services gaps experienced by NSWs and discusses policy implications and possible solutions. Methods: From January to July 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 40 NSWs in Ontario, Canada, part of a larger mixed-methods six-country study, including three European countries. The target population iii524 European Journal of Public Health, Volume 32 Supplement 3, 2022 Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article/32/Supplement_3/ckac131.279/6766683 by guest on 13 January 2023