To further develop understanding of the current and future world of work to ensure that our regulatory approach remains suitable and sufficient, including where our regulatory interests extend beyond preventing harm to workers, e.g. covering assessment of potential adverse impacts of chemicals on the general public, consumers and the environment. To equip ourselves with new insights into the reasons why particular failures in health and safety occur. To develop the existing system of ongoing data collection, analysis, interpretation and result dissemination so that it continues to support HSE’s current priorities and prevention strategies and is flexible enough to adapt to change. To identify health and safety hazards and risks arising from change in the GB workforce and their work.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Workplace health and safety representative have legal rights to represent the interests and concerns of workers over health and safety, to make representations on potential hazards and dangers and to have contact with he...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Greenwich
The project partially answers the question by exploring the role of health and safety representatives in assessing and addressing risks for workers and public health during pandemics.
Work environments are rapidly changing in Europe. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an acceleration of a range of complex and multidimensional trends at the workplace. There is also increasing awareness of the importance...
Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee
Lead research organisation: LONDON SCH OF HYGIENE & TROPIC. MEDICINE
The project focuses on promoting mental and physical health in changing work environments, including green jobs, which aligns with the question's emphasis on workforce health and safety impacts from social change.
European governments have developed policies to keep workers stay in employment until older age, yet many workers leave work earlier than expected due to illness, disability or poor health. Despite the societal implicati...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: King's College London
The project partially answers the question by examining the impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health, which is relevant to understanding the risks to workforce health and safety.