Reports

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The Future of Work

A blueprint for good work

Report

09 Jun 2020

This report sets out eight ideas to form the basis for a new social contract for good work.
Which local areas are most at risk of impacts of coronavirus on employment?

Policy briefing

26 Apr 2020

This short briefing looks at how coronavirus could impact employment in local areas. We find a stark geographical divide, with rural areas in the north and south west of England most at risk.
The RSA Emergency Basic Income scheme: Cash now for the self-employed

Policy briefing

26 Mar 2020

RSA analysis finds that the government scheme for the self-employed does not go far enough, and calls for a basic income to ease the burden on those suffering from economic insecurity.
Can good work solve the productivity puzzle? Collected essays

Report

16 Jan 2020

Produced with Carnegie UK Trust, this essay collection explores in depth the relationship between productivity and work quality.
The impact entrepreneur: building a new platform for economic security in work

Report

10 Oct 2019

This report describes how a unique partnership between the RSA, Alt/Now and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and the Mastercard Impact Fund took on the challenge of exploring the action needed to combat economic insecurity in the future of work.
Retail therapy: towards a future of good work in retail

Report

11 Sep 2019

This snapshot paper summarises our enquiry into the future of retail. We explore possible future challenges and opportunities for the sector and outline a set of prototype policy and practice interventions, developed in partnership with major retailers, policy makers and wider civil society.
From precarity to empowerment: women and the future of work

Report

19 Aug 2019

This paper aims to raise awareness of the ways in which women are bearing the brunt of economic problems in the UK, and how the labour market, at present, is a precarious environment for many women.
Economic insecurity: the case for a 21st century safety net

Report

15 Aug 2019

There is growing evidence that British workers are economically insecure. This paper aims to deepen understanding of how economic insecurity is experienced by workers, including those in non-standard employment arrangements.
The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

Report

22 Mar 2019

Four Futures of Work, from the RSA Future Work Centre, argues that policy-makers should focus more on how automation will transform all work, not just lead to job losses.
Work in an age of radical technologies

Report

23 Sep 2018

Benedict Dellot and Fabian Wallace-Stephens introduce the Future Work Centre with a glimpse into what the world of work might look like in the future