How Job Analyses Could Help More Employers Enhance Safety at Work

Job descriptions are changing. As labor shortages and widespread economic challenges require a level of nimbleness from everyone in the workforce, companies today often need their employees to be able to pivot.

The widespread embrace of artificial intelligence across industries is also prompting many teams to rethink how their work is organized, structured and ultimately carried out.

Even with the rapid pace of change in the workplace, most organizations still use job descriptions to give job-seekers and current employees a clear understanding of specific roles’ requirements — but most companies do not have an analysis of the work outlined in those descriptions.

Doing so would support safety goals, but this oversight is probably not due to widespread negligence.