This blog highlights key takeaways from experts at a recent Future of Work Initiative event, which explored the barriers and opportunities of creating a system that helps, not hinders, lifelong learning.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends ways to support a more equitable education and training system.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends building a jobs and training digital platform and expanding career counseling.

In Building a Lifelong Learning System, the Future of Work Initiative recommends creating a Deputy Mayor position and establishing an advisory council for lifelong learning.

Extending high quality career coaching to more workers can help them navigate a changing economy and emerge stronger.

The uneven impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic throw the inadequacy and inequality of our workplace safety net into sharp relief.

Employers and local governments are developing innovative mechanisms to prepare and deploy public health workers.

As policymakers respond to the COVID-19 crisis, they must support those who have permanently lost their jobs.

Tax Day serves as a reminder of how independent workers face additional challenges documenting their income and maintaining financial records.

The crisis has drawn much needed attention to the gaps in workplace protections for millions of Americans in precarious jobs.

The pandemic response heightens the volatility and unpredictability of non-traditional and low-wage work.

A new post on the Gig Economy Data Hub reviews state-level data sources that are available and suggests additional strategies that policymakers can use to improve data for their jurisdictions.

The Future of Work Initiative occasionally features guest blog posts from experts, policymakers and business leaders in order to prompt deeper discussions about how to restore the promise of work in the context of a rapidly changing economy. This guest blog was written by Stanley S. Litow, who leads corporate citizenship and corporate affairs for IBM.

Using the Gig Economy to Reform EntitlementsCesar Conda and Derek Khanna – conservative policy minds who have worked in the White House an