text: **The main reasons for stagnation after 2005 might be**that many of the above-mentioned concepts or 
  policies were developed or had their peak during the 1980s, 1990s or the first decade of the 21st century. 
  Some of them lost their dynamic (e.g. privatisation), or have become a kind of standard (management 
  by objectives), or were widely implemented in the first decade of the 21st century (ICT facilities at most 
  workplaces); also, some negative impacts on working time were mitigated by state interventions (i.e. the 
  EU Working time directive46) or labour agreements.47 
  
  Of particular interest for OSH probably is that the changes in labour legislation, the production in 
  international supply chains and technological improvements were sufficiently developed to shift quite a 
  relevant part of work to other types of contracts, that is, to**subcontractors, self-employed or**
  **temporary agent workers**and other forms of non-standard work contracts. Reasons were economic 
  savings but also better management of**intense work periods, peak times and risky work**. 
  
  These developments are probably the main reason that work intensity**stayed at a similar level for the**
  **employed workers**with a standard contract while the working conditions of other types of work 
  degraded. EU-OSHA has**taken this conclusion**already in 2002 in its report 48 on ‘New Forms of 
  Contractual Relationships and the Implications for Occupational Safety and Health’: 