continued levels  of intensification of work from 2005 onwards  might be that the  related tasks were  
contracted out or put on the shoulders of non-standard workers, for example, self-employed, temporary 
and seasonal workers.  
Some EU OSH legislation may be adapted and modernised to cope with the changes in technologies, 
employment conditions, longer working life, and a growing share of mobile and remote work. Many of 
these changes in the world of work have caused higher insecurity, less clear employer–worker relations, 
and a higher burden of psychosocial and ergonomic risks.  
Which are the areas of concern? 
Incomplete compliance with OSH regulation is more noticeable in certain sectors and types of work. 
Most of these types of work — mobile and home-based work, domestic work, care work and long- term 
domestic care work, seasonal work, platform work, non-voluntary self-employed — are growing in terms 
of workforce. But many of these work and employment formats are until now not covered in the same