The Future of Work blogs and reports

Which jobs are at risk from Covid-19 and automation?

Blog

12 Oct 2020

Fabian Wallace-Stephens

Fabian Wallace-Stephens sets out key findings and recommendations from our report on how the dual impacts of Covid-19 and technological change and could reshape the labour market.

Work and automation in the time of Covid-19

Report

12 Oct 2020

Fabian Wallace-Stephens Emma Morgante

There are signs that the Covid-19 pandemic could rapidly accelerate the pace of technological change. This report explores how these forces could interact to fundamentally reshape the labour market.

All clapped out? Key workers living through lockdown

Policy briefing

31 Aug 2020

Key workers have kept the country going during the pandemic, but some are facing the worst of the economic turmoil created by it.

Work beyond furlough: prospects for a new social contract

Blog

28 Jul 2020

Alan Lockey

Will the furlough scheme be able to provide a bridge beyond the pandemic to more stable economic conditions?

A blueprint for good work

Report

09 Jun 2020

This report sets out eight ideas to form the basis for a new social contract for good work.

8 ideas for a new social contract for good work

Blog

09 Jun 2020

Alan Lockey Fabian Wallace-Stephens

Alongside the moral urgency of the pandemic, the challenges of growing economic insecurity and labour market transforming technologies require a new social contract for work.

Which local areas are most at risk of impacts of coronavirus on employment?

Policy briefing

26 Apr 2020

This short briefing looks at how coronavirus could impact employment in local areas. We find a stark geographical divide, with rural areas in the north and south west of England most at risk.

Low pay, lack of homeworking: why workers are suffering during lockdown

Blog

19 Apr 2020

Fabian Wallace-Stephens Will Grimond

New RSA analysis finds that those least able to work from home are often the lowest paid.

The RSA Emergency Basic Income scheme: Cash now for the self-employed

Policy briefing

26 Mar 2020

RSA analysis finds that the government scheme for the self-employed does not go far enough, and calls for a basic income to ease the burden on those suffering from economic insecurity.