March 8, 2018
New working styles are risking the health and wellbeing of people, claims report

- Increasing pace of innovation, work insecurity and drive for efficiency will put more pressure on people that can lead to stress and poor mental wellbeing;
- Maintaining the safety, health and wellbeing of older workers will become more pressing;
- Environmental risks from work activities will grow; and
- A growth in unexpected risks when new ways of working combine humans with new materials, robotics and artificial intelligence that connect people across the globe.
- Promote good work and better quality jobs: share good practice and the benefits of good job design;
- Build resilience: starting with children, better resilience is a life skill in a changing world;
- Education must be relevant and forward thinking: we need to prepare for the future by skilling up for future work, including on soft skills;
- Keep the regulatory system up to date: a greater emphasis on smart regulation can help design-out risks in the future;
- Extend the understanding of future risks: we need more research about the risks that will emerge from changing work and how to mitigate them.