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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
Employment and Jobs

Data on the Sharing & On-Demand Economy

This paper is meant to be a resource for public and private research organizations, foundations, government agencies, and other parties interested in promoting a more thorough understanding of the sharing/on-demand economy workforce, including its relationship to the broader contingent workforce.

BY Libby Reder

Publication

10.03.2016
US Economy

A New Social Contract

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

Blog Post

09.07.2016
Workforce Development

An Overhaul of Social Safety Nets for the Gig Economy

The on-demand economy has a lot to offer workers — flexibility, independence, and access to more work and supplemental income. But those who work ind ...

BY Natalie Foster & 2 more

Of Interest

07.19.2016
Workforce Development

On-Demand Economy Spurs Use of Contract Workers

Employers may love the loyalty full-time workers offer, but they are increasingly looking to freelancers to complete specific projects in the growing ' ...

BY Gregg Greenberg

Of Interest

07.15.2016
Workforce Development

The Benefits You Can Expect from Going Freelance

Independent contractor, freelancer, 1099er — whatever you call it, the gig economy is steadily reshaping the workplace. Nearly 53 million Americans have ...

BY Martha C. White

Of Interest

07.15.2016
Workforce Development

How Should Regulators Shape “Benefits” for the 1099 Economy?

Noah Lang, CEO and Cofounder of Stride Health, writes about the release of the Future of Work Initiative's Portable Benefits Resource Guide. Lang adds his ...

BY Noah Lang

Of Interest

07.14.2016
Workforce Development

Workforce for the Future Survey

A new national survey sponsored and developed by the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative, the Markle Foundation, Burson-Marsteller and TIME loo ...

BY Future of Work Initiative

Blog Post

07.01.2016
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