Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour

Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour Phuah Eng Chye (16 March 2019) The most pressing question in the future of work is how to fix a broken labour market. Large industrial employment and traditional labour regulation grew up alongside each other and both are in tatters. Traditional employment is being replaced by transient and … “Future of work: Strategy roadmap for labour”

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Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it)

Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it) Phuah Eng Chye (24 November 2018) An important step to defining work is to clarify the difference between bad jobs and good jobs. In this context, the label of bad job doesn’t refer to the job per … “Future of work: Re-defining work (Part 3: Bad jobs, good jobs and what governments could do about it)”

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Future of work: Other information effects – polarisation and transience

Future of work: Other information effects – polarisation and transience Phuah Eng Chye (18 August 2018) The previous article discussed how intangibility changes the nature of work. Intangibility can combine with the other information effects[1] of speed, size and transparency to change the organisational structure of work. This article discusses the information effects that gives … “Future of work: Other information effects – polarisation and transience”

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