Rapidly Changing U.S. Workforce Faces Safety Risks, Health and Economic Consequences
New Business Pulse explores CDC solutions to employers’ workplace safety and health challengesU.S. employers face complex challenges ranging from the estimated $263 billion economic burden of worker injuries and illnesses to a rapidly changing workforce and the costly consequences of work-related stress and chronic disease management. Contingent workers, who have non-traditional employer relationships and will make up 40 percent America’s workforce by 2020, have up to twice the risk of on-the-job injuries compared to traditional employees. Workers who are 65 and older, a population which
