text: A statement of two researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology shortly summarises this: 
  
  *‘Technologies such as payroll-processing and inventory-control software, factory automation, computer-*
  *controlled machining centers, and scheduling tools have replaced workers on the shop floor and in*
  *clerical tasks and rote information processing. By contrast, big data, analytics, and high-speed*
  *communications have enhanced the output of people with engineering, creative, and design skills and*
  *made them more valuable. The net effect has been to decrease the demand for low-skilled information*
  *workers while increasing the demand for highly skilled ones.’*274 
  
  **Digital technologies can enhance prevention at workplaces.**They can help to separate workers 
  from hazardous working situations, facilitate better and innovative ways of monitoring exposure, and 
  might improve the quality of work by relieving workers from repetitive or routine tasks. Digital 
  technologies may also create higher levels of autonomy and flexibility or facilitate the access of a more 
  diverse workforce to the labour market, in particular vulnerable groups such as disabled people, ageing 
  
  European Agency for Safety and Health at Work – EU-OSHA 
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