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.
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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.
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.
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 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).