Technology is having a profound impact on the nature of work and professionals are starting to experience the impact of disruptive business models on their long-established industries. The level of self-employed workers is higher than at any point over the last 40 years, our workplaces are more diverse than ever before and thousands of companies across the country, from Aviva to Lidl, are offering their employees the Living Wage.
Technology has been a significant enabler of this change, but policy has played its part too. This edition of Centre Write looks at four key aspects to the future of work: the new economy, the jobs of the future, a new welfare settlement and a more diverse workforce.