This House of Commons Committee report provides an interesting assessment of the current UK labour market, including the impact of AI, automation and an ageing population.
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This report by the European Parliament sets out a proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on improving working conditions in platform work. With many sectors adopting platform work, conditions will need to improve to reflect the millions of people involved across the EU and to support the growing labour platform economy.
McKinsey & Company explain that decarbonization will reshape the economy, opening new markets and imperil others. Now is the moment for companies to spot green growth opportunities and move boldly to take advantage.
This report by the think-tank Autonomy explains that an overtime “epidemic” driven by the rise in home working during the pandemic must be curtailed with new right to disconnect laws. Unpaid labour is a growing problem in the UK, exacerbated by home working during the pandemic. The report proposes draft legislation to implement a ‘right to disconnect’ based on French law, which ensures respect for employee rest periods and allows them to ignore work calls and emails outside of working hours.
This report by the Learning and Work Institute states that since 2015, the number of students opting to take a GCSE in IT has fallen by 40% demonstrating that long before the pandemic the digital skills gap was present. The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated this, so it is more important than ever before that we implement solutions to educate the next generation with the skills to meet industry demand.
Microsoft offers exclusive research and expert insights into a year of work like no other, revealing urgent trends for leaders as the next phase of work unfolds.
McKinsey & Co explore how the pandemic has accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce and automation with up to 25% more workers than previously estimated, potentially needing to switch occupations.
This Journal Article/Working Paper by the Oxford Martin School explores what drives investment in automation technologies, exploring a positive relationship between labour-relationship institutions and an investment in industrial robots in sample developing and advanced economies.
The Havard Business School explains what type of impact reconciling cultural and digital transformation can on designing the future of work.
This report from the World Economic Forum claims that COVID-19 has caused the labour market to change faster than expected. By 2025, automation and a new division of labour between humans and machines will disrupt 85 million jobs globally in medium and large businesses across 15 industries and 26 economies.