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10.11.2020
Key findings from the Institute's report, Building A Lifelong Learning System: A Roadmap for Cities.
Public, private, and portable benefits systems are crucial to household financial security, but inequitable designs disproportionately exclude low-wage workers, workers of color and workers in non-traditional work arrangements.
Now is the moment to design a system that allows all workers and their families to achieve financial security.
Join us to learn about automation's impact on the labor market and ideas to update policies to meet the needs of a 21st century economy.
At this event, you'll hear from experts on the challenges and opportunities posed by automation’s impact on the labor market, as well as potential policy solutions for a rapidly evolving 21st century economy
Join us to discuss the challenges facing independent workers and hear about innovative solutions from both the private and public sectors.
Following the Bureau of Labor Statistics' release of the Contingent Worker Supplement (CWS) data, the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative will be hosting a briefing on June 20th to discuss the CWS findings and what their implications may be.
Future of Work Initiative Honorary Co-Chairs Senator Mark Warner and Purdue University President Mitch Daniels appeared together on a panel to discuss innovation and its effect on the workforce.
Future of Work Initiative Honorary Co-Chair Senator Warner took part in a panel to discuss 'inclusive capitalism' and its vitality to our economic health.
This roundtable conversation focused on reimagining work in a context of rapid technological advances and social shifts. The discussion explored topics including education for the new workforce, hiring practices, the role of automation, and how new tools can help workers more efficiently contribute and find meaningful work, even as some jobs may be replaced by automation.
This roundtable, hosted by the Aspen Institute's Future of Work Initiative and the Financial Security Program, sought to explore the future of financial technology, from 401ks to direct deposit.
New America and the Aspen Future of Work Initiative hosted a luncheon with policy leaders, researchers, and employers, and discussed the on-demand economy.
At this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival, the Future of Work Initiative convened a panel of thought leaders to discuss the future of the American workplace.
Learn how innovators and entrepreneurs are rethinking retirement for the gig economy.
The event will feature a series of panel discussions with key voices in the conversation around independent workers, in the on-demand economy and beyond.
This session explored how the sharing/on-demand economy is reshaping the way we live, work, travel and do business in our cities, and the policy questions that these changes raise. In particular, the panel examined how this innovation and disruption is benefitting our communities, and if all urban communities are being impacted equally.
POLITICO's Generation Next event features conversations about the largest group in the American workforce: millennials. This panel examines the ways this generation of rising business leaders is changing the workplace and shaping policy and politics through advanced technology and increased communication.
The Hamilton Project at Brookings hosted a policy forum addressing these labor market challenges in the online gig economy, with a focus on a new Hamilton Project paper, authored by Alan Krueger (Princeton University) and Seth Harris (Cornell University), released in conjunction with this event. The forum included two moderated roundtable discussions.
As the social contract between employers and employees deteriorates, how do workers access stable and adequate incomes, protections from abuse, and basic benefits like health care and retirement?
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