Around 130 ship builders, steel workers, welders, and riveters are occupying the famous shipyard in Belfast, where the Titanic was built in 1909, demanding that the docks be both nationalised and used to produce…
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Bengaluru hosted its first LGBTI job fair on July 12, almost a year after India passed the historic judgement that decriminalised homosexuality. This was an initiative by Pride Circle, a…
A recent report by the International Labour Organisation has projected that heat stress caused by global warming will result in lost output that is equivalent to 80 million full-time jobs…
In October of 2018, Pepper, a resident robot at Middlesex University became the first robot to present at a UK parliamentary meeting. Pepper provided evidence to the Education Committee regarding…
In need of formal clothing accessories for a job interview, wedding, graduation, audition, prom, or any formal event? The New York Public Library Grow Up collection can lend you neckties,…
IBM are using the AI technology Watson Analytics to predict employee’s future performance in order to determine their promotion and pay. The system considers past experiences and the company’s internal…
Perpetual Guardian, a New Zealand firm managing trusts, wills and estates, is considering introducing a 32-hour week following a successful experiment. As part of the experiment, workers were allowed to…
Social collaboration platform Colony enables users on a team to contribute their skills to a project, and pays people in proportion to the amount of work they contribute. The platform…
LiLin Loh on Twitter @FuturesCentre How disabled drivers in Indonesia help passengers with their own mobility issues https://t.co/RAz62FE02y via @SEA_GLOBE
These workshop materials were originally published by bond here. The world of work is changing radically, with profound implications for livelihoods around the world. Bond, the UK network for organizations…
Apolitical’s recent quiz – “Do you have what it takes for the government jobs of the future?” – tested public servants’ tech-savviness, global awareness and aptitude for collaboration and innovation. Backed by…
Protoprint is a social enterprise that provides waste pickers in India with low-cost technology to produce 3D printer filament from the waste plastic they collect. It was founded by environmental engineer…
