Workforce Development

Workers clean the windows on a high-rise building in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Podcast Episode

How the next recovery can revive upward mobility

Marcela Escobari

Managing the Future of Work

Friday, June 5, 2020

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Essential but undervalued: Millions of health care workers aren’t getting the pay or respect they deserve in the COVID-19 pandemic

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Webinar: Employment after incarceration—Fair chance hiring in the COVID-19 era

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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The Avenue

Could Big Tech’s move to permanent remote work save the American heartland?

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Reports

Volunteers at Los Angeles Food Bank hand out supplies at a drive-through food giveaway as the global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Debunking myths about COVID-19 relief’s ‘unemployment insurance on steroids’

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Nicole Bateman

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

A customer is worked on by a nail technician at Akiko Nails, a business that the owner claims has been greatly affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Report

We can’t recover from a coronavirus recession without helping young workers

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

Thursday, May 7, 2020

Pedestrians walk through the nearly empty Downtown Crossing shopping area after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker extended his stay-at-home advisory and his order closing non-essential businesses until May 18 because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Cities & Regions

In the age of American ‘megaregions,’ we must rethink governance across jurisdictions

Tracy Hadden Loh and Annelies Goger

May 7, 2020

Workers

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

COVID-19’s essential workers deserve hazard pay. Here’s why—and how it should work

April 10, 2020

People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford

Labor Policy & Unemployment

Unemployment insurance is failing workers during COVID-19. Here’s how to strengthen it

Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Caroline George

Monday, April 6, 2020

Blog Posts

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at an Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo/File Photo

The Avenue

What weekly unemployment claims reveal about the local impacts of the COVID-19 recession

May 14, 2020

In the midst of the health crisis of the coronavirus covid 19 epidemic, home-based work (teleworking) has become almost obligatory for employees in the service sector. A woman works on a computer with two telephones (smartphone) in the living room of her apartment. Library full of books in the background. Paris, March 16, 2020. En pleine crise sanitaire d epidemie de coronavirus covid 19, le travail a domicile (teletravail) est devenu presque obligatoire pour les salaries du secteur tertiaire. Une femme travaille sur un ordinateur avec deux telephones (smartphone) dans le salon de son appartement. Bibliotheque pleine de livres en arriere plan. Paris, le 16 mars 2020.NO USE FRANCE

TechTank

How to increase financial support during COVID-19 by investing in worker training

Gregory Ferenstein

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Chef Jorge Cardenas, 41, (left) and Ix employee Daniel Gonzalez, 34, pack takeout orders in the final hour before the restaraunt's closure in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, U.S., April 2, 2020 amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Picture taken April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Anna Watts

The Avenue

American workers’ safety net is broken. The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to fix it.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

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Events

The future of work in Africa: Opportunities and challenges of digital technologies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT

The future of ICT in the digital economy

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

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Experts

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Global Trade

How will COVID-19 reshape America’s logistics workforce?

Adie Tomer and David Dollar

Monday, April 6, 2020

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Podcast Episode

AI will affect better-paid workers, but will it displace them?

Mark Muro and Fred Dews

Friday, December 20, 2019

General Motors assembly workers and their supporters gather to picket outside the General Motors Bowling Green plant during the United Auto Workers (UAW) national strike in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S., September 20, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston - RC122F87C370

Podcast Episode

What does the GM auto workers’ strike tell us about the strength of unions?

Joseph W. Kane and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 25, 2019

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