To succeed in a rapidly changing economy, workers will need to update and learn new skills over the course of their careers. The Future of Work Initiative proposes Lifelong Learning and Training Accounts to incentivize workers, businesses, and government to co-invest in the development of worker skills.

Policymakers should strengthen the Unemployment Insurance program, so that it is better able to help both traditional and non-traditional workers in the 21st century.

To address the decline in employer-provided worker training, we propose a business tax credit to offset a portion of the cost of new training activities for low- and middle-income workers

A new $25 million Benefits Innovation Fund would help support innovative portable benefits for independent workers.

The future of work relies on our ability to design new arrangements to ensure that the promise of opportunity keeps up with the pace of change.

This policy agenda seeks to embrace the forces of the modern economy in shaping a brighter future of work.