Precarious Work: Health and Economic Threats
 
Learning Objectives
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
 
At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:
  • Describe the prevalence of precarious employment and how it is related to precarity in health
  • Examine how risks have been shifted to workers and why
  • Discuss how working conditions affect the health of the working age population and contribute to race and gender differences in health
  • Recognize how the organization of work contributes to worker burn out
 
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
 
At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:
  • Discuss how emerging working conditions present challenges for surveillance and also make research on how work affects health and well-being essential 
  • Identify risks of new working conditions, and which risks have not yet been addressed
  • Describe how the pandemic upended the work lives of Americans, leading to increased vulnerability
  • Examine how emerging work organization presents challenges for legislation, rule-making, and litigation to improve worker well-being
  • Recognize how research can serve the needs of stakeholders and lead to actionable results in policy