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Journal Article
The Interplay of Workplace Redesign and Public Policy in the 21st Century
2021
Overview
Workplace redesign in the 21st Century is eloquently addressed by Lovejoy et al. in this issue of AJPH (p. 1787). The authors discuss the interplay of workplace redesign and public policy and the health and well-being of workers and their families. For example, the trend toward precarious work, where people of color are overrepresented, offers little job security or benefits, discourages organized labor, and continues the proliferation of low wages. At the same time, the US workforce is increasingly diverse, some workplaces are more flexible as a result of the pandemic, the importance of paid leave is being recognized, labor efforts supporting the PRO Act (HR 842; Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021) are expanding, and there is more emphasis on \"green jobs\"; all of these provide a potentially optimistic forecast for worker health and well-being. Rapidly developing workplace redesign efforts resulting from the movement toward robotics and artificial intelligence, COVID-19 (e.g., increased hybrid work), and novel public policies on such issues as family and medical leave, safety and health, scheduling notification and work hours, and unionization should be studied to determine their impacts on worker well-being.As Lovejoy et al. and others describe, an expanded view of traditional occupational safety and health is needed, which has demonstrated that in addition to physical hazards at work, many workers face psychosocial hazards.1 These include aggression from co-workers and supervisors, work-family stress, heightened job demands resulting from workplace intensification, high stress associated with perceived lack of control, low workplace (e.g., supervisor) support, and less meaningful work. The increase in artificial intelligence and robotics, albeit an important tool for reducing occupational injuries, can contribute to workers' psychological stress and job insecurity.2Job insecurity leads to economic insecurity, food insecurity, and negative psychological and physical outcomes. Therefore, we need national policies to provide basic health care, family care, shelter, and food assistance to mitigate the impact of these stressors on workers and their families. Nonwork activities and responsibilities and quality of life must be considered in the redesign of work, as the importance of personal relationships and connections to the natural environment to health are becoming increasingly acknowledged.
