The risk
Warehouse work often involves repetitive movements, heavy lifting, awkward postures and prolonged standing. Poor workplace design and inadequate ergonomic controls can lead to musculoskeletal disorders affecting the back, shoulders, wrists and knees.
Manual handling tasks such as lifting
The risk
Warehouse workers may face increasing exposure to extreme temperatures and climate-related risks. Facilities such as uninsulated warehouses, loading docks and outdoor storage yards may expose workers to heat stress or cold stress depending on the climate and season.
Heat exposure is
The risk
Warehouse workers may be exposed to hazardous substances, biological agents or communicable diseases depending on the goods handled and the working environment. Risks may arise from chemical products, cleaning agents, battery systems, fuel storage, or damaged goods.
In logistics environments
The risk
Warehouse work is increasingly characterised by high productivity targets and rapid fulfilment cycles driven by e-commerce and same-day delivery expectations. These pressures can result in long shifts, mandatory overtime and intense work pacing.
Excessive working hours can contribute to
Companies and supply chain actors should engage with the ITF and its affiliates as critical stakeholders in their supply chain to address potential human rights risks.
In addition to collective bargaining and social dialogue, companies and supply chain actors can conduct a joint warehousing and
Warehouse work is increasingly shaped by subcontracting, precarious employment and fragmented supply chains, which can create risks relating to wages, working conditions and living conditions. The ITF Warehousing Principles highlight that outsourced and agency-based models can weaken accountability
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In warehousing and logistics, risks can arise through agency work, temporary contracts and outsourced operations, particularly workers are recruited through labour brokers, housed by employers or dependent on continued employment to maintain immigration or legal status. Excessive overtime, threats
Warehouse work presents a range of discrimination-related risks linked to subcontracting, precarious employment and fragmented supply chains. The ITF Warehousing Principles highlight that outsourced and agency-based models can create unequal treatment between workers performing similar roles
Warehouse workers may experience violence and harassment from supervisors, colleagues, security personnel or external actors such as delivery drivers or contractors. Women workers, migrant workers and young workers may face heightened risks.
Harassment may take many forms, including verbal abuse
