Work and employment Archives

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5 ways innovators are shaping the future of work in Sub-Saharan Africa

2 Aug 2021 Emma Morgante

Grassroots innovators have a vital role to play in tackling good work challenges.

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Good work innovations in Europe: Reimagining the social contract

1 Jun 2021

Our research with the Autodesk Foundation to understand what good work innovations have emerged in recent years.

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Good work in the manufacturing and construction sectors in Europe

1 Jun 2021

In this paper we consider how future of work trends are playing out in the in manufacturing and construction sectors across Europe.

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How can social innovators shape the future of work?

1 Jun 2021 Fabian Wallace-Stephens

Fabian Wallace-Stephens on finding new ways of working.

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Key workers in the capital: one year in London

19 Apr 2021

Our findings show key workers need support to allow them to live comfortably among the communities they serve.

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Work and automation in the time of Covid-19

12 Oct 2020 Fabian Wallace-Stephens, Emma Morgante

Covid-19 could rapidly accelerate the pace of technological change. This report explores how these forces could interact to fundamentally reshape the labour market.

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All clapped out? Key workers living through lockdown

31 Aug 2020

Key workers have kept the country going during the pandemic, but some are facing the worst of the economic turmoil created by it.

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A blueprint for good work

9 Jun 2020

This report sets out eight ideas to form the basis for a new social contract for good work.

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Can good work solve the productivity puzzle? Collected essays

16 Jan 2020

Produced with Carnegie UK Trust, this essay collection explores in depth the relationship between productivity and work quality.

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The four futures of work: coping with uncertainty in an age of radical technologies

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.