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Fast Company: "To Save The American Dream, We Have To Change How We Think About Work"

Ben Schiller of Fast Company describes the need for a new social contract between employers and workers

BY Future of Work Initiative

Of Interest

03.15.2017
Workforce Development

Kelly Services hosts important discussion about updating the social contract

Kelly Services and the Conference Board hosted a discussion with policymakers about how to respond to rapidly the changing workforce.

BY Future of Work Initiative

Blog Post

03.08.2017
Workforce Development

The Nature of Work is Changing – Policy Response Needs to Keep Pace

While manufacturing jobs have decreased, we are experiencing a rise in temporary workers, on-call workers, contract company workers, and independent contractors or freelancers.

BY Alastair Fitzpayne & 1 more

Blog Post

02.28.2017
Workforce Development

Health insurance portability key for independent workers’ access to coverage

New data from HHS and Treasury show that 1 in 5 customers of the Health Insurance Marketplace in 2014 were small business owners or self-employed, and inde ...

BY Natalie Foster & 1 more

Blog Post

02.22.2017
Workforce Development

9 Bipartisan Ways To Rebuild The Social Contract Between Businesses And Workers

Ben Schiller writes in Fast Company about the release of the Future of Work Initiative's Toward a New Capitalism report. He pulls out nine ideas from the p ...

BY Future of Work Initiative

Of Interest

01.24.2017
Workforce Development

The Promise of Opportunity and the Future of Work

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.

BY Future of Work Initiative

Publication

01.12.2017
Workforce Development

A Policy Agenda to Restore the Promise of Work

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

BY Future of Work Initiative

Publication

01.12.2017
US Economy

New reports provide key insights into on-demand economy work

Until this past year, we knew very little about the work and workers in the sharing/on-demand economy. Indeed, the last official government survey of the c ...

BY Libby Reder

Blog Post

12.09.2016
US Economy

A New Social Contract

The United States' rapidly shifting economic landscape demands similar changes to our workforce.

Blog Post

09.07.2016
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