What Do We Know and What Should We Do About the Future of Work? - Hardcover

Simms, Melanie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1526463458 ISBN 13: 9781526463456

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

"An excellent summary of why and how we work." People Management magazine

What do we know about the current state of work and employment and what does the future of work look like? Professor Melanie Simms provides a far-reaching overview of paid employment in the UK, examining why we work, how we work, and what the future of work will be like with changing demographics and the introduction of modern technologies.

From zero-hour contracts, the gig economy and universal basic income, to automation, robotics and artificial intelligence, Simms analyses the most pressing issues facing traditional employment. Before outlining four priority areas where the UK should look to strengthen regulation of in order to face the coming challenges more effectively, but also, so that they benefit workers, as well as employers and managers.

Written by leading social scientists, the What Do We Know and What Should We Do About...? series offers concise, up-to-date overviews of issues often oversimplified, misrepresented or misunderstood and shows you how to enact change.

"Short, sharp and compelling." - Alex Preston, The Observer

"If you want to learn a lot about what matters most, in as short a time as possible, this is the series for you."- Danny Dorling, 1971 Professor of Geography, University of Oxford

About this title

About the Author

Melanie Simms, Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow, UK. She writes widely on the topic of work and employment with a particular interest in two main areas: how workers get to influence changes at work, and how young people move into the labour market after education.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1526463458
• ISBN 13: 9781526463456
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 88