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The impact entrepreneur: building a new platform for economic security in work

This report by the RSA makes a pertinent note that the underlying absence from the future of work is the human experience. Being too centred on ‘machines’ makes the discourse become dehumanised and imbued with tech determinism, while at the same time remaining too abstract for anyone to know what to do.

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Automation and the future of work

This report by the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee focuses on automation and the future of work, exploring how AI and automation changes and augments jobs as well as replaces some jobs with entirely new ones.

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Economic Insecurity: The case for a 21st century safety net

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.

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Megatrends: is work in the UK really becoming less secure?

This report by the CIPD explores the accuracy of the popular view that work is becoming more insecure, associated with the rise of atypical forms of work such as the gig-economy, zero-hour working and agency work.

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Unions must organise and stand up for self-employed workers

The recent Fabian Society Report highlights the importance of unions organising, representing and supporting self-workers rights.

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Shaping the future of work

This report reviews the main results of some 60 years of collaboration between the European Union (EU) and the International Labour Office (ILO) which covers an ever-greater range of issues to address the future of work and the challenges it poses to the sustainability of decent work and social protection.

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The future of jobs, work and working

This report for the Corporate Research Forum summarises the main demographic, economic and technology trends shaping the future of work in 2018.

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The word: forces for change

This report from Ius Laboris researches the impact of an evolving geopolitical, demographic and technological landscape on employers.

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4IR in the workplace: ensuring employers and employees benefit

In this report, the Social Market Foundation examines the potential benefits that could be realised from the roll-out of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in the workplace.

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The changing nature of work

The 2019 World Development Report from the World Bank takes a look at how work is evolving as a result of advances in technology.

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