Work and employment Archives

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Good work in the manufacturing and construction sectors in Europe

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

1 Jun 2021

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How can social innovators shape the future of work?

Fabian Wallace-Stephens on finding new ways of working.

1 Jun 2021 Fabian Wallace-Stephens

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Key workers in the capital: one year in London

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

19 Apr 2021

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Work and automation in the time of Covid-19

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

12 Oct 2020 Fabian Wallace-Stephens, Emma Morgante

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All clapped out? Key workers living through lockdown

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

31 Aug 2020

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A blueprint for good work

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

9 Jun 2020

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Can good work solve the productivity puzzle? Collected essays

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

16 Jan 2020

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

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.

22 Mar 2019

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Realising Basic Income experiments in the UK

Charlie Young explores how we can test a Universal Basic Income in the UK and other contexts.

2 Aug 2018

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Pathways to Universal Basic Income: the case for a Universal Basic Opportunity Fund

The UBOF represents a stepping stone – to be enacted now – towards Universal Basic Income and a better way of enabling citizens to live meaningful and contributory lives.

16 Feb 2018