As we creep out of the global recession, employment is rising and businesses from the far-east, notably China, are looking to the west to expand. However, are we at risk of a culture clash between Western and Chinese culture and what effect could this have upon corporate culture overall in the UK? Tom Heys gives his opinion.

Conservative politicians seek reform to collective employment law and, if returned to Government, will enact a Trade Union Reform Bill to restrict union rights. But union membership has been on a long term decline anyway. Who benefits from the fall of trade unions - UK employers? Anyone?  Ian Manborde, programme co-ordinator of the MA in International Labour and Trade Union Studies at Ruskin College, Oxford, explores the issues in this exclusive opinion piece.

We are seeing massive change to the workplace.  Be it through the growth of the global economy due to the growth in emerging markets, productivity increases due to the expansion of the internet of things or the rise of flexible working and 'elancers'.  Dean van Leeuwen, futurist and co-founder of Tomorrow Today Global shares his thoughts on these workplace trends and outlines the top five impacting the future of work.

The employment landscape is changing. Innovations in technology, increased globalisation and the ageing population are among the reasons for this shift. But how should these changes be dealt with? Are they issues that should simply be left to businesses to resolve, or should the state intervene through greater regulation? Lewis Silkin considers.

This report by the OECD examines how longevity and technological change are impacting work across 38 countries and identifies key employer policies that can help facilitate career mobility, resulting in better employment choices at older ages.  

KPMG’s new report analyses data from over 4,000 employees from a cross-section of generations and explores employee perceptions on the future of work amid fast AI advancements, geopolitical instability, and a looming global recession. Key takeaways include workers’ lack awareness of, and confidence in, their firm’s technology strategies, with only 54% reporting their employer has adopted new technologies over the past three years.

The world of work is undergoing profound and extensive disruption. Large-scale trends are transforming work, workforces and workplaces. The legacy of the pandemic has combined with a tense economic and social landscape, presenting businesses with significant challenges. How can businesses best navigate this increasingly complex environment? And, if you are in HR or have people responsibilities, what are the key strategic issues and areas of priority action for 2024 and beyond?

The OECD’s latest International Migration Outlook report explores recent developments in migration movements and the labour market inclusion of immigrants in OECD countries. The report reveals that permanent migration to OECD countries reached a record high of 6.1 million in 2022, marking a 26% increase from 2021. It cites rising labour migration as one contributing factor, as migrant workers have helped lower labour and skills shortages in OECD countries.

This year’s edition also includes a special focus on the labour market integration of migrant mothers and fertility patterns among migrant populations. 

This report by the World Bank examines migration as a key development challenge and provides a comprehensive analysis of its potential to serve as a force for growth. 

The report proposes an integrated framework to best manage the economic, societal and human impacts of migration, which draws on labour economics and international law. This framework is based on a “match and motive” matrix that focuses on two factors: the alignment of migrants’ skills and attributes to the needs of destination countries and the motives that underlie their movements.

Does investing in people actually benefit companies? In this new report and accompanying article, McKinsey explores how a dual focus on developing people and managing them well can give companies a long-term performance edge.

The CIPD’s annual benchmark of job quality offering insights to improve working lives. This year’s report examines the impact of COVID-19 on job quality and reveals work-life balance, health and well-being, job security and the rising cost of living are key issues for workers.

In this report, The Harvard Business School explores what businesses can do to strengthen the bottom line by investing in front-line workers to ensure the business is developed from the foundation upwards.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Future of Work (APPG) is launching a new report into The New Frontier: Artificial Intelligence at Work. This is the final report from the APPG’s inquiry into AI and surveillance in the workplace. The inquiry finds that AI is transforming work and working lives across the country in ways that have plainly outpaced, or avoid, the existing regimes for regulation and affecting employee mental health.

This report by the International Organisation for Migration provides a comprehensive, evidence and rights-based approach to migration in the context of environmental degradation, climate change and disasters, for the benefit of migrants and societies. 

The "Future of Work" is already part of our present. All countries around the globe face the challenges of a world of work under transformation, caused by a combination of the effects of globalization and of technological, climate and demographic changes. Many jobs and entire sectors are being reshaped and new forms of employment relationships are emerging. These changes bring opportunities for our societies, but if they are not addressed properly and in a timely manner, they could also bring insecurity and increased risks, notably for the most vulnerable groups.

McKinsey & Company explore how a record number of employees are quitting their jobs or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to learn why this is happening—and act thoughtfully to address it—will have an edge in attracting and retaining the top talent.

This second report on dispersed team leadership by Tap’d Solutions looks to identify the critical behaviours needed by our leaders in the new working environment and beyond in a post-covid world.

McKinsey highlight how new research shows how resilient organisations thrived through the pandemic. Here’s how to use those lessons to craft a better approach to how work gets done across time (real and asynchronous) and space (digital and physical).

The International Labour Organisation calls for resilient occupational safety and health systems for future emergencies; they’re saying better national occupational safety and health policies, institutional and regulatory frameworks are needed that are also integrated into a crisis response.

This recent study by Accenture conducted a recent study that traced the trajectories of 100,000 U.S. employees and, encouragingly, found that half of them moved up into higher-wage jobs. These “gateway” jobs to the escalated career trajectories included customer service, sales, advertising sales, computer support, vocational nursing, welding, and machining. These are midlevel jobs on a journey to a higher-paid destination.

Making the shift from “survive to thrive” depends on an organisation becoming distinctly human at its core—a different way of being that approaches every question, every issue, and every decision from a human angle first.

This report is intended as a call to action for companies and organisations globally to update and reset their future of work preparedness agendas, in light of Covid-19, for a more relevant and inclusive post-pandemic “new” future of work.

KPMG details the lessons businesses can take from the current global pandemic, particularly focused on the long-term impact on how we work.

Leading remote, distributed teams has become a reality for many leaders and managers in 2020. Coronavirus has initiated one of the most rapid and impactful periods of change for society and organisations in modern times outside of periods of conflict and war. The pace of change has affected everyone, all levels of society and in a global fashion.

This report by Deloitte notes the most practical and realist workplace strategies to be adopted for a post-Covid-19 business recovery.

This report by the News Economic Foundation has shed light on how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted and led to hardships faced by the self-employed workforce.

This report by Poly Company highlights that now more than six months into the pandemic, it's clear that flexible hybrid working locations are a part of our permanent new normal. With the initial wave of "remote-lite" strategies behind us, companies are focusing on a hybrid approach that provides the policies, technologies and services to support safely and securely working anywhere.

In this report, McKinsey & Company examine the longer term implications of automation, migration, workforce transitions and the shifting geography of employment.

Raconteur’s report on what the office of the future might look like in light of the coronavirus pandemic, explores the sudden boom in remote working which has raised a flurry of questions surrounding a return to “normal” working life and the purpose of the workplace as we know it.

This report by Deloitte considers how to approach workforce recovery strategies to thrive in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

This report from the Resolution Foundation considers the economic impacts of the coronavirus crisis on different groups of workers.

In this report, EY’s think tank EYQ, provides insights into the new normal that lies beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.

This report by digital think-tank Doteveryone, highlights the ways in which gig workers can be enabled to live with financial security, dignity and dreams.