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SAFETY AND HEALTH AT THE HEART OF THE FUTURE OF WORK
Building on 100 years of experience

april 2019


Table of contents

Introduction
Global trends in safety and health: The picture today
Chapter 1: 100 years of safety and health at work
1. Why the world needed to respond to accidents and diseases at work 100 years ago
2. The ILO: Founded on the concept of safe and healthy work
3. Post-Second World War: An increasingly global perspective on OSH
4. Towards a culture of prevention
5. ILO and safety and health at work in the new millennium
Chapter 2: A safe and healthy future of work: Challenges and opportunities
2.1 Technology
Digitalization and ICT
Automation and robotics
Nanotechnology
2.2 Demographics
Young workers
Aging worker populations8
Gender
Migrant workers
2.3 Sustainable development and OSH
Climate change, air pollution and environmental degradation
The green economy
ILO instruments in relation to climate change, sustainable development and OSH
2.4 Changes in work organization
Excessive hours of work
Non-standard forms of employment
Working time arrangements
The informal economy
The example of digital labour platforms
Chapter 3: Responding to the safety and health challenges and opportunities of the future of work
3.1 Anticipation of new OSH risks
3.2 Multidisiplinarity in managing OSH
3.3 Building competence on OSH
3.4 Widening the horizon: The link to public health
3.5 International labour standards and other instruments on OSH
National OSH legislation and management
Governance of OSH
3.6 Reinforcing the role of governments and social partners and expanding partnerships
Concluding remarks
References

 


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