Highlight the Emerging risks at work.
New and emerging occupational risks may be caused by technical innovation or by social or organizational change, such as: New technologies and production processes , e.g. nanotechnology, biotechnology New working conditions , e.g. higher workloads, work intensification from downsizing, poor conditions associated with migration for work, jobs in the informal economy Emerging forms of employment , e.g. self-employment, outsourcing, temporary contracts They may be more widely recognized through better scientific understanding, e.g. the effects of ergonomic risks on musculoskeletal disorders . They may be influenced by changes in perceptions about the importance of certain risk factors, e.g. the effects of psychosocial factors on work-related stress.