How will WHS look in 20 years?
Safe Work Australia and CSIRO’s Data61 have produced a new report that explores trends emerging in work health and safety and workers compensation.
Digital technologies, including automation, artificial intelligence and augmented reality, are becoming more common in the workplace. Employment patterns and structures are also shifting with the introduction of freelance task-based work. These changes are happening within the broader context of Australia’s ageing workforce and rising levels of stress and chronic disease.
The new report looks at how these trends will affect WHS and workers compensation in Australia over the next 20 years.
New technologies and ways of working introduce new risks and challenges for WHS and workers compensation, but also have the potential to make work safer and reduce workplace injury.
Learn more by reading the report on the Data61 website.
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