Opportunity & Development

Last week, the Future of Work Initiative and the JPMorgan Chase Institute hosted an event, “New Data and Implications for Today’s Labor Market: The JPMorgan Chase Institute and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics present on the Online Platform Economy,” highlighting and discussing two recent measures of online platform work.

A quality job includes livable wages, opportunities for career advancement, and essential financial benefits.

Businesses can support the financial security of their workers in ways that improve employees’ lives and drive business success.

The impact of this year's Janus and Epic Systems rulings will be felt by every worker in the United States. 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' first measure of electronically mediated work estimates 1 percent of workers use platforms--but challenges with the survey questions meant a burdensome process for researchers.

The National Labor Relations Act was drafted over eight decades ago. It's time for new legislation.

Learn how the Economic Opportunities Program is helping people connect to and thrive in a changing economy.

In Quartz at Work, Future of Work Initiative Fellow Natalie Foster and National Advisory Council Member David Rolf explore how the Black Car Fund serves as a real world example of how we can modernize the social contract.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its first measure of online platform or electronically mediated work on Friday morning.