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How Will the Future of Work Shape OSH Research and Practice? A Workshop Summary
Sarah A Felknor1, Jessica M K Streit2, Michelle McDaniel3
1National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA.
Summary
Emerging technologies and globalization are creating new workplace hazards. A proactive, transdisciplinary approach is urgently needed to protect worker health, safety, and well-being in the future of work.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
- Future of Work Studies
- Emerging Technologies Impact
Background:
- The information economy and globalization are driving rapid technological advancements, leading to significant disruptions in the global job market.
- These changes alter work dynamics, locations, and the workforce's demographic and training profiles, potentially exacerbating existing hazards and introducing new ones with unknown health effects.
- The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified these challenges, impacting employment patterns and straining occupational safety and health (OSH) systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify new research approaches for addressing OSH challenges in the evolving landscape of work.
- To explore how work organization and employment models can support decent work and enhance worker health, safety, and well-being amidst increasing non-standard work arrangements.
- To outline a paradigm shift for OSH research that embraces stakeholders and innovative methodologies.
Main Methods:
- A virtual workshop convened leading experts from OSH, well-being, mental health, economics, and life-course analysis in June 2020.
- Discussions focused on identifying emerging workplace hazards and necessary research strategies.
- Recommendations were formulated to guide future OSH research agendas.
Main Results:
- The need for a proactive approach to understand and mitigate new and emerging workplace hazards is critical.
- Research is essential to identify optimal work organization and employment models for non-standard work arrangements.
- A paradigm shift towards transdisciplinary research integrating diverse expertise and methods is required for future OSH.
Conclusions:
- The future of work necessitates a fundamental change in OSH research, moving towards a more inclusive and integrated approach.
- Transdisciplinary research, incorporating traditional and non-traditional OSH disciplines and broader methodologies, is key to addressing complex challenges.
- The findings will inform the agenda for the Expanded Focus for Occupational Safety and Health (Ex4OSH) International Conference.
Keywords:
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