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Melanie Simms, "What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work?" (Sage, 2019)
Melanie Simms, "What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work?" (Sage, 2019)
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Length:
33 minutes
Released:
Oct 18, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
What is the future of work? In What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work? (Sage, 2019), Melanie Simms, a Professor of Work and Employment at the University of Glasgow offers an overview off a vast range of issues associated with work- in a short and accessible book. The book asks us to remember the continuities of problems associated with work, as well as the emerging future trends. The latter include automation, an aging population and pensions, emotional and aesthetic labour, skills, universal basic income, and flexible forms of working. By placing these trends in an appropriate historical setting the book offers lessons about how societies can respond, focusing in particular on rights and regulation, enforcement, and the role of unions and collective action. The book will be essential reading for anyone who works!
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Released:
Oct 18, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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