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This article by Laura Bougourd and Niamh Crotty, lawyers in Lewis Silkin LLP’s Real Estate and Employment practice, explores the extent to which 2020 changed our working lives and how we view our offices. As employees across the globe adapt their homes into new workspaces, the pandemic has challenged established norms and forced organisations to re-evaluate the purpose and design of the workplace as we know it.
The World Economic Forum’s recently published Future of Jobs 2020 report focusses on the pandemic-related disruptions in 2020 in the context of the longer history of economic cycles, and the expected outlook for technology adoption, jobs and skills in the next five years. Lewis Silkin partner James Davies analyses the key findings from this report, in this insight for the Future of Work Hub.
This article by cultural strategist and thought leader Philippa Wagner, explores how the Coronavirus pandemic has drastically shifted the operation of offices as we know them and what the future of the office should look like.
This article by Lloyd Wahed, expereinced headhunter, podcast host and Mana Search founder explores how developing technology such as machine learning will change the way financial services, banks and agile start-ups operate.
This article by Helen Coombes, Associate in Lewis Silkin LLP’s employment team, notes nine ways lasting change might be effected in the workplace as a result of Covid-19. Current and expected changes in remote working are noted, social interactions between employees, business travelling and potential difficulties in remuneration for women. How employers and employees adapt to the ‘new normal’ will significantly dictate how businesses operate in the future.
How is the pandemic shaping attitudes towards data privacy as society makes significant trade-offs between established freedoms and safety?
This article by Adrian Wakeling, Senior Policy Adviser at Acas, takes a detailed look and reviews a recent Acas report on ethical practices of algorithms at work.
This article by Claudia Filsinger, Executive Coach, Workshop facilitator and Coach Supervisor at Moving Maps Ltd explores how to harness the 'big data' of the body for decision making, problem solving and creativity to adapt and thrive in the changing world of work.
This article by Aneta Buckthought, Founder and Process Coach at pure-ception Limited, explores how and why emotional intelligence is able to help workers generally cope with the high demands and pressures of the future of work.
Madeleine Jephcott, Managing Practice Development Lawyer in Lewis Silkin LLP’s employment team, considers the drivers behind an ageing workforce, current and expected government policy in this area and how employers can take steps now to adapt to this ongoing trend.
When companies replace people with machines, the government loses the ability to tax workers resulting in millions of pounds worth of lost tax revenues a year. Can taxing robots as if they are human employees be the solution?
Lewis Silkin LLP provides a detailed insight into what RPA (robotic process automation) is and the impact it has on the future world of work and employment law.
This article by Chantal Free, Capita's Executive Officer, People Solutions, looks at how organisations are increasingly adopting an agile approach to talent attraction and development in the context of rapid technological change, with a focus on enabling access to the right skills at particular points of need.
Employers should be mindful of GDPR when embracing new people analytics technologies, warns Ben Favaro, a Senior Associate in the data privacy group at Lewis Silkin LLP.
Law Professor Jeremias Adams-Prassl explores the rise of the “algorithmic boss” and how artificial intelligence and the development of new technology has and will continue to impact the labour market.
This is a 2-part article from Rachel Brushfield explores the future skills needed to thrive in tomorrow’s world of work. Part 2 explores whether it is the employee, employer or both who is responsible for ensuring that employees develop the skills needed by businesses in future, and shares examples of how various organisations are approaching this business-critical issue.
This is part of the article “Future skills for a life long competitive advantage - part 2” by Rachel Brushfield.
This is part of the article “Future skills for a life long competitive advantage - part 1” by Rachel Brushfield.
This is a 2-part article from Rachel Brushfield explores the future skills needed to thrive in tomorrow’s world of work. Part 1 focuses on what skills, qualities and attitudes are needed to succeed in the future world of work.
Automation specialist Alex Croucher takes a look at the ‘virtual workforce’ and what automation of the workplace might look like.
