Healthy Workplaces Campaign Newsletter 10

The six winners and eleven commended initiatives recognised by the Healthy Workplaces Good Practice Awards have been revealed. The awards celebrate innovative approaches to improving occupational safety and health in the digital age across Europe. Good...

As highlighted in Cedefop’s recent article , digitalisation and (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). are rapidly transforming the European labour market. This shift is reshaping job roles, creating new occupations, and introducing both opportunities and challenges for...

Umbrella term to indicate digital systems for monitoring and enhancing workers’ safety and health including for example smart PPE (that can identify levels of gases, toxins, noise levels and high-risk temperatures), wearables (able to interact with workers, with sensors that may be embedded in hardhats or safety glasses), mobile or static systems that use cameras and sensors (e.g. drones that effectively reach and monitor dangerous areas of work sites avoiding to put humans in danger in the construction and the mining industries). are in the spotlight as the final priority area of the ‘Safe and healthy workplaces in the digital age’ campaign. EU-OSHA has published a new info sheet and a presentation analysing the opportunities and risks that they bring to...

To better understand the impact of worker management through algorithms or (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). ( 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). ) on workers’ safety and health, it is essential to examine facts and figures. Reliable data help assess the current state of implementation, identify...

According to FIOH's new Direction of Work Life report series, (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). is shaping work life on many levels. It is increasingly widely used to take care of routine tasks, freeing up time for creativity and providing opportunities to rethink work...

William Cockburn, EU-OSHA Executive Director, shares a strategic overview of the agency’s efforts to improve occupational safety and health (OSH) in Europe in an engaging interview with Margaret Kirby of the Health and Safety Review, a media partner. One of...

The WageIndicator Foundation, an official campaign partner of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign (HWC) 2023-25 'Safe and healthy work in the digital age', recently hosted a compelling webinar examining the often-overlooked human labour powering artificial...

On 27 May, CEMBUREAU and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW), both longstanding partners of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign (HWC) 2023-25 'Safe and healthy work in the digital age', hosted a high-level event in Brussels to address the...

On 12 May, the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) - an official campaign partner of the Healthy Workplaces Campaign (HWC) 2023-25 'Safe and healthy work in the digital age', hosted a webinar exploring the growing impact of digitalisation and...