Healthy Workplaces Campaign Newsletter 11

A new article by Jere Immonen and Laura Seppänen from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, examines how variations in online labour platform operations and social dynamics shape workers’ perceptions of fairness and the norms they use to evaluate the...

This year CEMBUREAU and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) concluded a two-year project on mapping the skills needed in the cement industry by 2030 and 2050. For this occasion, policy recommendations were launched based on common work...

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 increasingly developed with the specific objective of improving occupational safety and health. These technologies, ranging from Wearables are electronic devices with sensors and computational capacity (e.g. smart watches, data glasses, or other devices with embedded sensors or tags), which can be placed on different body parts to gather data to be fed into other digital systems for processing purposes. They can be used to analyse physiological and psychological data such as feelings, sleep, movements, heart rate, body temperature and blood pressure, via applications either installed on the device itself or on external devices, such as smartphones connected to the cloud. to (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). -driven monitoring platforms, offer new ways to prevent harm. However...

The latest edition of HesaMag, – already the 30th issue – EU-OSHA’s newest media partner, examines the rapid transformation of work and how the EU is responding to its growing demands with various articles on top EU news including a very useful EU OSH Mapping...

EU-OSHA’s media partner, PuntoSicuro, has recently covered Ambiente Lavoro 2025, Italy’s key annual occupational safety and health (OSH) event held in Bologna. This year’s edition put a strong spotlight on how new technologies are transforming workplace safety...

The Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) has taken a major step toward responsible digital transformation by releasing its Charter on the Ethical and Responsible Use of 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 the European security services. This Charter provides clear guidance...

The latest report by our official campaign partner PEROSH dives deep into how (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) and A worker management system where simple (i.e. without ‘intelligence’) algorithms and digital technologies (e.g. worker-monitoring devices, computers or face recognition software) are used to manage workers in an automated or semi-automated manner. It provides the means to automate a large number of worker management tasks (e.g. schedule-making, shift- making and worker monitoring through wearable devices). AI-based worker management involves the intelligence simulation necessary to deal with uncertainty (e.g. providing different outputs based on changes in the environment), whereas algorithmic management is deterministic in nature (i.e. it always provides the same output, given the same input). (ALMA) are changing the way we work, and what that it means for our safety, autonomy, and mental health. EU-OSHA contributed...

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 working on premises have become seamlessly integrated in the work life of most Finnish experts. However, the greatest risk of hybrid work is people becoming lost in 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). . It is important to identify and support those who opt to work...