Work and Workforce

Joshin Raghubar, a John P. McNulty Prize Laureate, entrepreneur, and co-founder of the Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) discusses CiTi’s mission to develop a globally competitive regional technology and innovation ecosystem.

The Future of Work Initiative recently hosted a Capitol Hill briefing to discuss ways to modernize existing policies to address the needs of workers as they grapple with an increasingly automated economy.

California's AB5 redefines employment, expands benefits and protections to more workers, and paves the way for additional policy innovations.

Around the world, countries are taking a variety of approaches to upskilling workers and helping them adjust to the transitions that automation, and other economic disruptions, bring about in the workplace.

In Automation and a Changing Economy, the Future of Work Initiative proposes improving training quality through community college investments and income share agreements.

In Automation and a Changing Economy, the Future of Work Initiative proposes encouraging employers to engage workers in automation decision-making by promoting worker voice.

Roundtable led by MIT Work of the Future and the Future of Work Initiative examines how work is changing and the systems and supports necessary to meet the challenges in the 21st century.

Recent polls and surveys shed light on the question of how Americans are perceiving the impact of automation on their work and wellbeing.

In Automation and a Changing Economy, the Future of Work Initiative proposes that employers and policymakers develop pre-crisis strategies to mitigate disruption and manage workforce transition.