New tasks in old jobs: Driver of change and implications for job quality

Is a publication from the Future of Manufacturing in Europe (FOME) project. It summarises 20 case studies in five manufacturing areas (car assemblers, meat processing workers, hand-packers, chemical products plant and machine operators, and inspection engineers) in Germany, Italy, Sweden and the UK.

The report published 6 September 2018 "brings a contextualised and detailed analysis of recent changes in the task content and nature of these occupations due to factors such as technology, market changes, policy and regulation. It also discusses the implications of these changes for task profiles, job quality and industrial relations."

"The importance of physical tasks in manufacturing is generally declining due to automation; with more intensive use of digitally controlled equipment, and the increasing importance of quality standards, resulting in a growing amount of intellectual tasks for manual industrial workers."

^{Source: Eurofound 2018, New tasks in old jobs: Drivers of change and implications for job quality.
Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
Read more:
https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/sites/default/files/ef_publication/field_ef_document/fomeef18004en.pdf}