These exposures have increasing importance because an increasing proportion of the workforce is working in office environments.
Conversely, a number of other factors affect the supply of pharmacists negatively, such as the increasing feminization of the workforce, an ageing workforce and the increase of part-time working among both men and women [ 5- 7].
There has been an increase in the proportion of female dentists, and older dentists are constituting an increasing proportion of the workforce [ 1, 6].
Web and mobile natives today make up an increasing percentage of the workforce, which has led to an explosion of enterprise-focused applications catering to their increasing demands for always-on, mobile technology and data access.
Huge income disparities and increased casualisation of the workforce also means higher costs for the taxpayer subsidising low wages.
"Labour market conditions are widening the income gap between full-time employees and an increasing share of the workforce on part-time, insecure and often low-paid jobs.
Among these is the increasing mobility of the workforce, whether commuting or visiting clients, which has made smartphones and tablets especially popular with corporate road-warriors.
Health officials said the long-term shortage of GPs was caused by a failure to attract sufficient numbers of trainees among medical graduates, the difficulties of attracting new doctors to specific parts of Britain as older GPs retire, a "work-life" balance issue caused by the increased "feminisation" of the workforce and a shift to salaried GPs.
At the same time, an increasing share of the workforce will opt out of the rat race and set up their own businesses.
During this period of reform and change, employers have stepped up to innovate around supports for students and partnerships that will prepare them for the increasing rigors of the workforce.
