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The Agile Workforce: a Look at the Future of Work
We live in an agile world. Incremental growth and continuous improvement have brought about change in just about every field imaginable. The workforce and work as we know it has been changing for a while, and it’s about to undergo a major shift. With continued...
How Gig Work Widens the Racial Wealth Gap
As the COVID-19 pandemic underscored economic inequality, the Institute for the Future set out to address deteriorating work conditions in the age of Uber by collecting low-wage workers’ stories and using them to call for change. “We’ve been thinking of the evolution...
Unemployment Benefits Basics: Who Qualifies, How to Apply, How Much You’ll Get
One year after the novel coronavirus pandemic began crippling the U.S. economy – especially the job market – the numbers remain discouraging: 18.2 million Americans were still filing for weekly unemployment benefits as of late February; 770,000 workers...
Why Hiring a Person with Disabilities Should Be on Your COVID Recovery List
The pandemic year coincided with the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. While many disability groups have seen improvement in employment rates since it became law, people with I/DD remain at a whopping 21% unemployment rate. Since...
Empathetic Robots Are Killing Off the World’s Call-Center Industry
The coronavirus pandemic has been tough on the global call-center industry, and nowhere more than in the Philippines, the world leader in the field. Hundreds of thousands of employees in the former U.S. colony field queries from the other side of the planet,...
Why Mindfulness is Important for Your Career
Burnout and stress can take a toll on your career trajectory. But by introducing a mindfulness routine, you allow yourself to tap into what’s going on in the present moment, without the need to be judgmental or frustrated about it. This means it can give you the tools...
UK Report: Young People Lack Digital Skills for Work
Young people know digital skills will be important for their future careers, but many are not sure they have the more complex digital skills a workplace might demand of them, according to research by the Learning and Work Institute in partnership with Enginuity and...
Uber’s UK Driver Benefits Highlight Broader Gig-Worker Challenges
Uber's proposal to expand benefits to British drivers following a court defeat last month has not put an end to the fight for better gig-worker pay in the UK and around the world, an issue that has become a flashpoint for the labor movement. On Tuesday, Uber...
