Future of Work

Future of Work Initiative Executive Director Alastair Fitzpayne recently spoke with NJ State Senator Troy Singleton at the 2018 NewDEAL Leaders Conference in Washington, DC.

Drawing from and building on a day-long cross-sector workshop in the spring of 2018, the Future of Work Initiative drafted a white paper to further explore issues at the intersection of the future of work and the future of mobility.

This week marked the fourth annual National Apprenticeship Week. In recent years, apprenticeship programs have received increased attention, with leaders across sectors recognizing the benefits of combining paid work with classroom instruction.

Historically, online platform companies have not been able to easily issue stock to those who earn income through their platforms. Signaling a potential change in rules, several major platform companies have asked the SEC for the ability to offer stock to platform earners in recent weeks.

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.

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.

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.