Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers), has produced a manifesto for addressing issues around the impact of new technology and automation. The manifesto focuses on securing new technology agreements with employers, calling on the government for a legal duty around Equality Impact Assessments on new technology and legal workplace consultation on implementing new tech.
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The City & Guilds group, based on regional labour market data and a poll of 5,000 working age people, have produced a report to explain the current impact of low investment levels in training and to quantify how many peoples’ contribution is being lost because they cannot access regular skills development.
The recent Fabian Society Report highlights the importance of unions organising, representing and supporting self-workers rights.
This YouGov survey, in association with the Fabian Society, explores workers’ expectations and views on technological change in the workplace.
The TUC look at how new technology is and will change the world of work and how best union's can contribute to help shape it to the benefit of working people.
This report from the TUC looks at the impact of insecurity at work on workers, on the UK economy and on public finances. It sets out what policy-makers could do to ensure that insecurity does not increase in the modern world of work.
Trade unions have a role to play in tomorrow's digital economy - if only their leaders could see it, writes Philip Collins for Prospect Magazine.
This CIPD report discusses the future of work under three broad themes: the changing nature of work; the diverse and changing nature of the workforce; and the changing nature of organisations and the workplace context and environment.
This paper by ACAS considers possible interventions that might support workplaces where good employment relations are contributing not only to the health and wellbeing of the workforce, but to the efficiency and productivity of the workplace.