This report by the International Labour Organisation raises particular concerns about inequality and the effects of the global economic slowdown on the quality of employment. This Report explores global employment and social trends by region and warns that, left unaddressed, the challenges facing the world of work threaten progress towards social justice.
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The World Economic Forum explores how many computer science experts believe that, in this century, machines will be able to do most tasks better than humans. Given these sorts of predictions, it is important to think about the possible consequences of AI for the future of work and to prepare for different scenarios. Continued progress in these technologies could have disruptive effects: from further exacerbating recent trends in inequality to denying more and more people their sense of purpose and fulfilment in life, given that work is much more than just a source of income.
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 RSA makes a compelling case for developing a new social contract to tackle the rising economic insecurity experienced by workers, including those in non-standard employment arrangements.
This YouGov survey, in association with the Fabian Society, explores workers’ expectations and views on technological change in the workplace.
This report from Pew Research Center draws on a study of public opinion in 10 countries on the likelihood of jobs being automated and the predicted effect of this.
The RSA put forward a proposition of the creation of a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund as a way to address the problem of economic insecurity.
This Future of Work Commission report, launched by Labour MP Tom Watson, delves into how the UK can deal with the new technological revolution.
Pearson teamed up with researchers from Nesta and the Oxford Martin School to build a research project that moves the conversation about the future of work past automation and predicts the demand for work and skills in the US and UK economies in 2030.
Andrew Harrop and Cameron Tait of Fabian Society take a look at Universal Basic Income in the context of the future of work, in this report for the TUC.