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During its annual conference, the Bulgarian Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, EU-OSHA’s focal point in the country, will introduce the ‘Safe and healthy work in the digital age’ campaign and present the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation in the workplace.

Representatives from various Bulgarian ministries and social partners will pool their experiences to find common ground and establish effective strategies to ensure the wellbeing of workers in the country. The Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Ivanka Shalapatova, will inaugurate the seminar.

Among the topics discussed, the participants will explore legislative initiatives on Remote work is any type of working arrangement to work from home or – more generally – away from the employer’s premises or in a fixed location. In this context the focus is on remote work enabled by digital technologies (e.g. personal computers, smartphones, laptops, software packages and the internet). and its impact on the quality of life for workers, the role of (AI) AI refers to systems that display intelligent behaviour by analysing their environment and taking actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI-based systems can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and face recognition systems) or AI can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of things applications). in employee management, working conditions for individuals engaged in Digital platform work is all paid work provided through, on or mediated by an online platform – that is, an online marketplace operating on digital technologies that facilitate the matching of demand for and supply of labour. and emerging risks for workers associated with digitalisation.

Selected enterprises will showcase their good practices related to digitalisation to the attendees, representatives from the ministries, employee and employer organisations, companies and other occupational safety and health professionals.

Speakers:

• Ivanka Shalapatova, Minister of Labor and Social Policy
• Prof. Dr. Karolina Lubomirova, DM, Vice Rector for Academic Activities, Head of the Department of Occupational Medicine, Health and Medical Sciences, Sofia University