work relations

Women have mostly benefited from the polarisation of the workforce but the challenge is to keep those gains.

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In most countries around the world, domestic workers are excluded from general labour laws. Indonesia’s Domestic Worker Protection Bill can change that.

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Economic empowerment, targeted legislation and cultural shifts are required to create gender-just societies and restore women’s dignity

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Employers provide direct financial or in-kind ‘support’ to their workers. In most households this is a form of benevolence, not an entitlement. This can change.

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Employers have benefited from technological advances for a century. Now it’s employees’ turn.

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Automation could reproduce informal and precarious work rather than transform existing trends.

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COVID changed the way we work. It also changed the way employees see their work. It could have huge implications.

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People’s connection to labour is facing big changes and big questions.

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Boosting sleep health may create a more efficient workforce than working longer hours.

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Cities cannot function without domestic workers in India but their employment conditions remain precarious.

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Flexible workplace policies may help improve gender gaps in employment but they might weaken women’s position in the labour market.

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