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How do we help industry plan and manage the risks from changes in the workforce and the work they do?

Background

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.

Next steps

Contact Simon Armitage - Head of Science and Engineering Profession (HoSEP) Business Partner
simon.armitage@hse.gov.uk

Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

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