NIOSH Future of Work Priority Topics
Issues that impact Workplace, Work, and Workforce: emergency and disaster preparedness and response, exposures and hazards, extreme weather conditions, globalization, industry 4.0, OSH 4.0, policies, politics, resources, and social disruption.
Workplace
Organizational Design
* Autonomy • Burnout and Stress Prevention • Healthy Leadership • Job Flexibility • Leave Systems • Scheduling • Social and Corporate Responsibility • Workplace Built Environment • Workspace • Work-Life Fit
Technological Job Displacement
* Automation • Digitalization • Job Quantity and Quality • Occupational Polarization • Productivity Enhancement and Quality Improvement through Automated Manufacturing • Stable, New, and Redundant Work
Work Arrangements
* Alternative • App-Based • Contingent • Contractual • Direct Hire • Distributed • Free-Lancer • Job Sharing • Non-Standard • On-Call • On-Demand • Part-Time • Platform • Precarious • Seasonal • Single vs. Multi-Employers • Temporary
Work
Artificial Intelligence
* Deep Learning • Machine Learning • Neural Networks
Technologies
* Additive and Smart Manufacturing, and 3D Printing • Advanced, Cloud, and Quantum Computing • Bio-Manufacturing • Bio-Technology • Clean and Green Technologies • Digitalization • Information and Communication Technologies • Internet-of-Things • Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials • Sensors • Sensor Surveillance • Smart Personal Protective Equipment
Robotics
* Autonomous, Collaborative, Industrial, Managerial, Service, and Social Robots • Autonomous Vehicles • Human-Machine Interaction • Unmanned Aerial Systems • Wearable Exoskeletons and Exosuits
Workforce 
Demographics
* Diversity and Inclusivity • Multi-Generational • Productive Aging • Vulnerable
Economic Security
* Adequate Wages • Equitable and Commensurate Compensation and Benefits • Minimum Guaranteed Hours
Skills
* Continual Education, Learning, and Training • Re-Skilling and Up-Skilling