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 as it explores the role of health and safety representatives in assessing and addressing risk for workers and public health during pandemics.
By the best estimates around 140 people die day every day as result of injuries sustained at work or as a result of illnesses contracted as a direct result of work. That is 50,000 people a year. Millions live with work r...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Liverpool
The project does not answer the question as it focuses on securing UK workplace health and safety protections after Brexit, rather than indicators of changing risk attitudes and behaviors for different groups of workers.
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, which is directly related to understanding risk attitudes and behaviors likely to change in the future for different groups of workers.