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Podcast 1.7 Attorney Ellen Pinkos Cobb, author of Managing Psychosocial Hazards and Work-Related Stress in Today's Work Environment: International Insights for U.S. Organizations (2022), discusses the advances made around the world to reduce harm to workers from psychosocial factors (work conditions and social factors). Great progress has been made to prevent employers from engaging employees after work hours, to guarantee the chance to sleep more, and to ensure healthier workplaces. All of these positive changes have not yet been adopted in the U.S.