Overall aim: To identify health and safety hazards and risks arising from change in the GB workforce and their work. A future health and safety challenge is how to manage the risks from changes in the workforce and their work. The aim of this science hub is to identify emerging hazards and risks arising from these changes, including consideration of the interaction between social changes, and changes to the work environment and work organisation.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Recent years have seen rapid changes in the workplace arising from the digital and green transitions (‘twin transition’), as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. New forms of work and work management have arisen, which can aff...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: ST MARYS UNIVERSITY TWICKENHAM
The project specifically focuses on promoting positive mental and physical health at work in a changing environment, targeting different sectors and developing interventions to support worker well-being.
Working with employers, employees, professional bodies and other key stakeholders this project will co-design innovative workplace interventions to support the health and well-being of older workers (aged 50+), enabling ...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: University of Edinburgh
The project aims to identify emerging hazards and risks arising from changes in the workforce and their work, including consideration of the interaction between social changes and changes to the work environment and work organization.
On the one hand, the evidence of links between workplace health and wellbeing, employee engagement and work performance is robust and reliable. On the other hand, although some practices show promise of effectiveness, we...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University of East Anglia
The project examines the factors that enable or hinder the implementation of workplace health and wellbeing practices and whether certain combinations of practices are more effective than others, which is relevant to understanding interventions that support health equity and equality across different groups of workers.