Health and Safety related to new generation jobs Committee on Employment and Social Affairs PUBLIC HEARING Brussels, 7th November 2016 Dr Christa Sedlatschek Director

EU-OSHA’s work on new generation jobs Expert review article on Crowdsourcing By Prof. Ursula Huws (2015) To engage with policy-makers Bringing together experts from different policy fields Feedback from national representatives on health and safety: These issues are new for the OSH community The pace of change is very fast – OSH policy needs to keep up Follow-up: “Foresight on new and emerging OSH risks associated with ICT and work location by 2025” Two-year project (2016-2018)

Challenges to Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) ‘Gig economy’, ‘platform workers’, ‘zero hours’ Fragmented, dispersed and diverse workforce Multiple jobs – at least 1 in 3 are ‘independent workers’ out of necessity, not choice Unclear status and responsibilities New forms of employment fall out of the scope of the OSH legislation OSH monitoring systems have not been adapted Lack of data and statistics about workers in new generation jobs

What needs to be done Clarify roles and responsibilities Raise awareness and provide OSH guidance adapted to the situations and needs of workers in new generation jobs Develop policies and strategies that are fit for purpose OSH protection for workers in new generation jobs Better manage the opportunities from new generation jobs while preventing risks to workers’ safety and health Worker representation and social dialogue needs to adapt to the changes

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