What does safe and healthy collaboration look like in a culturally diverse workplace? How does one convey aspects of occupational safety and health in an international team in which a variety of views, values and attitudes towards safety can prevail? How does one reach and engage employees - or take away the reluctance to keep asking questions when something is unclear or seems contradictory?

In a diverse world of work, companies looking for skilled workers face the challenge of onboarding newly hired employees with a migration background in a safe and healthy way. What difficulties do they and their employees face in this regard, and how can OSH specialists and labor inspectors provide support?

Other questions to be discussed at the symposium include:

• How can workplaces be made safe and healthy despite language barriers?
• What does healthy leadership look like in a culturally diverse workplace?
• How does cultural diversity at work contribute to a culture of prevention?

These interactions between migration and occupational safety and health will be the focus of the international symposium "Cultural Diversity at Work – Safe and Healthy Integration of Skilled Workers," to be held 27th to 29th May 2024, in Dresden, Germany. We have also dedicated a podcast episode to the topic of cultural diversity – you can find the episode here. Furthermore you can get a sneak preview of the topic in the ISSA webtalk series "Let's talk about osh!" (episode "Have you ever… managed a multicultural team?").

All contributions are available in German and English. The international symposium is organized by the International Sections of the ISSA on Prevention in Health Services and on Prevention in Transportation. Registration for your attendance in Dresden is possible until 13th May 2024.

If you have any questions, you can reach out to our support team at registration@issa-cultural-diversity.com

Have a look at our program and register now!

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