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AI and the Future of Work(ers)

Algorithms are influencing decisions about hiring, firing, and worker management, yet there is rarely transparency and accountability around these decisions.

BY Don J. Howard

07.23.2024
Leadership

Job Quality Fellow Saket Soni Awarded 2024 McNulty Prize

We are thrilled to announce that Job Quality Fellow Saket Soni has been awarded the McNulty Foundation’s 2024 John P. McNulty Prize! Created in 2008, the ...

BY Economic Opportunities Program

07.18.2024
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality Newsletter — Fostering Worker Voice for Better Job Quality

This month’s Job Quality Newsletter explores the power of worker's voice — the essential mechanism enabling employees to express ideas and concerns, which empowers organizations to gather insights, address risks, improve performance, and create better jobs.

BY Matt Helmer

07.11.2024
Workforce Development

Partner Profile: Centering Worker Voice

An Academy partner ensures that worker voice helps guide systems change directions.

BY Alex Breen, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce

07.08.2024
Employment and Jobs

Education and Career Mobility Fellowship Program Overview Update-2024-25

About the Education and Career Mobility Fellowship Just ten years ago, employer-supported education and career mobility programs were, in large part, hidd ...

BY Haley Glover

06.26.2024
Employment and Jobs

Summer Workplace Jammin’: Less Strobe Lights & More Dance Partners

Picture the scene: a beautiful summer night, everyone gathered for a great concert. The band comes on, lights blaze, pyro erupts – the crowd goes wild! B ...

BY Chris Trout

06.18.2024
Economic Development

Owning the Solution: Philip Reeves on How Employee Ownership Can Fight Wealth Inequality

Philip Reeves is founder and managing partner of Apis & Heritage, a private equity fund that converts closely held companies into 100% employee-owned b ...

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

06.18.2024
Employment and Jobs

What Defines Business Success? — Reflections on a visit with Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon

How should we measure business success? This is the question I’m reflecting on after a recent visit to Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon (MESO), a co ...

BY Maureen Conway

06.17.2024
Employment and Jobs

Building Opportunities for the Public Sector Workforce

According to the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Future of Jobs Report, employers anticipate that nearly half of all workers’ skills will be disrupted in t ...

BY Haley Glover Annelies Goger

06.12.2024
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