After a year of unprecedented disaster and turbulence—the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, the global outcry over systemic racism and political instability—the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders around the world. Adding to this is a failing trust ecosystem unable to confront the rampant infodemic, leaving the four institutions—business, government, NGOs and media—in an environment of information bankruptcy and a mandate to rebuild trust and chart a new path forward.
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This report by the International Organisation for Migration provides a comprehensive, evidence and rights-based approach to migration in the context of environmental degradation, climate change and disasters, for the benefit of migrants and societies.
This report by the think-tank Autonomy explains that an overtime “epidemic” driven by the rise in home working during the pandemic must be curtailed with new right to disconnect laws. Unpaid labour is a growing problem in the UK, exacerbated by home working during the pandemic. The report proposes draft legislation to implement a ‘right to disconnect’ based on French law, which ensures respect for employee rest periods and allows them to ignore work calls and emails outside of working hours.
This report analyses London’s capacity to design effective adult learning programmes, which are critical for a strong and sustainable economic recovery and for preparing for the future of work. The report sheds light on major challenges facing London, especially in light of COVID-19, while also pointing to opportunities for London to design a future-ready adult learning system that responds to the impacts of the pandemic and aligns training to rapidly evolving labour market demands.
This report by Deloitte examines how new trends triggered by the global pandemic are shaping the nature of work, the workforce and the workplace as a whole.
Management Today and Microsoft surveyed more than 150 leaders on a range of topics from readiness for digital transformation; how to manage teams and people remotely; to recruitment in a post-Covid world. This report details the findings and shares the plans of business leaders to navigate these challenging times.
A new European Parliament research service blog considers that technological change, far from being deterministic in its nature and effects, is open to reform. There is no guarantee that digital technologies will destroy jobs, nor any certainty that these technologies will lead to more and better jobs.
Microsoft offers a view on new research into the pandemic’s impact on work practices and how this has changed the world of work as we know it, long-term.
Upskilling the global workforce is key to stimulating the economic recovery from COVID-19, discussed in this new report from PwC and the World Economic Forum.
A new European Parliament study looks at how digital surveillance tools and "artificial intelligence" are changing the nature of work, the power of bosses and the rights of employees.