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Work and digitalisation

How unemployment kills

The pandemic has once more shown that the connection between economic hardship and unemployment has a direct effect on people's health

By Kate Pickett

Reuters

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Our care workers deserve more than just applause

Across Europe, care workers have been on the frontline of the fight against Covid-19. Now, their demands should guide the post-pandemic recovery

By Lisa Pelling, Tobias Baudin, Philipp Fink

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Work and digitalisation

A shrinking and expanding world

While the pandemic has equalised the access of knowledge around the world, the side-effects will be felt disproportionally in the global labour market

By Branko Milanović

Pexels

Work and digitalisation

Changing employment in the age of labour platforms

The Covid-19-induced exponential growth in digital labour platforms forces us to circle back to basic questions about the nature of work

By Jayati Ghosh

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

How the post-pandemic labour market will look like

The pandemic has exacerbated racial, gender and educational inequality in the labour market. We need to fundamentally reimagine work after Covid-19

By Laura Tyson, Susan Lund

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

Big Tech vs the Free Press

Beyond censorship, Big Tech's capture of digital ad revenue poses a major threat to the free press. But it could now face a united transatlantic front

By Steven Hill

Reuters

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'More justice for workers worldwide'

Germany's binding legislation on human rights in supply chains is breaking new ground. An interview with German Minister of Labour Hubertus Heil

By Hubertus Heil

Reuters

Work and digitalisation

Tech workers are finally taking on Silicon Valley

Alphabet employees recently formed a union — but not to improve working conditions. They want the company to accept more societal responsibility

By Sabrina Keßler