Organizations may gain an advantage by not investing in worker health, instead simply replacing burned-out employees with new ones in order to ensure a supply of healthy employees.
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The rapid rate of AI adoption is putting workplaces at risk of overlooking its potentially adverse impacts, particularly those that could impact the health and well-being of workers.
Excessive heat puts your body at risk for organ damage. When workers don’t have a chance to cool off at home between shifts, that harm can accumulate.
The coronavirus pandemic highlights the importance of ensuring safe workspaces, and a new study suggests unionization leads workers to speak up about poor conditions.
The threat posed by COVID-19 on mines is considerable. The main reasons are cramped working conditions underground, transportation in packed cages, and a high incidence of other respiratory diseases.
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Associate Professor and Labor Economist, University of Minnesota
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Visting Senior Lecturer Wits Mining Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Miami
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Ph.D. Student in Environmental Science & Policy, University of Miami
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Associate professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
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DANCAP Private Equity Chair in Human Organization, Western University
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Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
