Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work

Paul A Schulte¹, Ivo Iavicoli², Luca Fontana², Stavroula Leka³, Maureen F Dollard⁴, Acran Salmen-Navarro⁵, Fernanda J Salles⁶, Kelly P K Olympio⁶, Roberto Lucchini^{7

8}, Marilyn Fingerhut¹, Francesco S Violante⁹, Mahinda Seneviratne¹⁰, Jodi Oakman¹¹, Olivier Lo¹², Camila H Alfredo⁶, Marcia Bandini¹³, João S Silva-Junior¹⁴, Maria C Martinez¹⁵, Teresa Cotrim¹⁶, Folashade Omokhodion¹⁷, Frida M Fischer⁶; Workgroups on the Future of Decent Work and Demographic Changes and Occupational Health

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
² Section of Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.
³ Business School, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
⁴ PSC Global Observatory, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
⁵ Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil.
⁷ Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
⁸ Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
¹⁰ Hygiene and Toxicology Team, Safe Work NSW, Parramatta, NSW 2153, Australia.
¹¹ Center for Ergonomics and Human Factors, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
¹² Medical Services Division, International SOS, Singapore 486018, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil.
¹⁴ Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04263-200, Brazil.
¹⁵ WAF Informatics & Health Ltd., São Paulo 04109-100, Brazil.
¹⁶ Ergonomics Laboratory, CIAUD, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Lisbon, Portugal.
¹⁷ Division of Occupational Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200132, Nigeria.

PMID: 36078562
PMCID: PMC9518038
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191710842

Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work

Paul A Schulte et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022.

. 2022 Aug 31;19(17):10842.

doi: 10.3390/ijerph191710842.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Technologies and Laboratories International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA.
² Section of Occupational Medicine, Department of Public Health, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy.
³ Business School, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
⁴ PSC Global Observatory, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.
⁵ Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
⁶ Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, Brazil.
⁷ Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
⁸ Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, 25121 Brescia, Italy.
⁹ Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, 40138 Bologna, Italy.
¹⁰ Hygiene and Toxicology Team, Safe Work NSW, Parramatta, NSW 2153, Australia.
¹¹ Center for Ergonomics and Human Factors, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia.
¹² Medical Services Division, International SOS, Singapore 486018, Singapore.
¹³ Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas 13083-970, Brazil.
¹⁴ Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04263-200, Brazil.
¹⁵ WAF Informatics & Health Ltd., São Paulo 04109-100, Brazil.
¹⁶ Ergonomics Laboratory, CIAUD, Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, University of Lisbon, 1499-002 Lisbon, Portugal.
¹⁷ Division of Occupational Health, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200132, Nigeria.

PMID: 36078562
PMCID: PMC9518038
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191710842

Abstract

The 2030 United Nations Goal 8 for sustainable development focuses on decent work. There is utility in identifying the occupational safety and health aspects of Goal 8, as they pertain to the four pillars of decent work: job creation, social protection, rights of workers, and social dialogue. A workgroup of the International Commission on Occupational Health and collaborators addressed the issue of decent work and occupational safety and health (OSH) with the objective of elaborating a framework for guidance for practitioners, researchers, employers, workers, and authorities. This article presents that framework, which is based on an examination of the literature and the perspectives of the workgroup. The framework encompasses the intersection of the pillars of decent (employment creation, social protection, rights of workers, and social dialogue) work with new and emerging hazards and risks related to various selected determinants: new technologies and new forms of work; demographics (aging and gender); globalization; informal work; migration; pandemics; and OSH policies and climate change. The OSH field will need an expanded focus to address the future of decent work. This focus should incorporate the needs of workers and workforces in terms of their well-being. The framework identifies a starting point for the OSH community to begin to promote decent work.

Keywords: climate change; migrant workers; psychosocial hazards; technology.

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Conflict of interest statement

M.F.D. received honoraria for speaking at symposia on psychosocial safety climate and she is an inventor of a measure that assesses psychosocial safety climate. At the time the study was initiated, P.A.S. was employed by the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and then subsequently as a contractor with ATL International Inc. M.F. had retired from NIOSH and was contributing as a contractor with ATL International Inc. The company had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. All other authors declare no conflict of interests.

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**Figure 1**
Occupational Safety and Health Staging Framework for Decent Work. ¹ Pillars are strategic objectives of the ILO to promote decent work [3]. ² Determinants are factors that positively or negatively influence the realization of decent work.

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