Lack of Employment or Career Opportunities
Jobs-at-Risk/ Opportunities due to Industry 4.0 and the Future of Work
Prevent Discrimination, harassment, and unfair treatment in the workplace by anyone
Applying Best Practices for: Salary, Compensations & Benefits | Favouritism | Excessive Management | Problems with Human Resources | Work-Life Balance | Workplace Conditions
We can close the gaps for disadvantaged groups with the idea of Inclusion. Inclusion is only effective if people are empowered to take advantage of opportunities and reach their full potential. People also need to have the freedom to make choices and take advantage of available opportunities.
Providing job-search assistance and opportunities to high-value jobs
Enabling further training, internships and apprenticeships to facilitate transition to new and unaccustomed jobs
direct creation of high value jobs to facilitate transition to decent work
Facilitating school-to-work transition
Skills acquired in secondary and Tertiary education to be relevant and match modern labour market demands.
Coordination between employers and educators to shift the focus on modern digital, technical and vocational education and training, as well as on soft skills, including communication, problem-solving and teamwork
Addressing the choices made by disadvantaged households and the barriers they face
Women’s socioeconomic empowerment and providing opportunities to address unpaid work such due to child care
The inclusion of persons with disabilities across all domains of socioeconomic development, with the redesign of jobs that remove barriers for persons with impairments. e.g. remote working for mobility impairments, team-based work for autistics.
Empowering individuals with disabilities to complete secondary education or to acquire employability skills.
SDG 8.8 Goals: Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments of all workers, including migrant workers, particularly women migrants, and those in precarious employment.
SDG 8 THEMES
Working Conditions
Living Conditions
SDG 10.7 Goals: Facilitate orderly, safe, regular and responsible migration and mobility of people, including through implementation of planned and well-managed migration policies
SDG 10 THEMES
Employment
Informal Economy and Atypical Forms of Employment
Conditions of Work and Wages
Tripartism and social dialogue
Multinational enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility
Social security
Poverty Reduction
Gender Promotion
Child Labour
HIV/AIDS
Environment and Climate Change
Domestic Workers
Migrant workers
Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
International Labour Standards
Occupational Safety and Health
Globalization
Sectoral activities
Export Processing Zones (EPZs)
Post-2015 Development agenda
UN Reform and Workers’ Organizations
The future of work is now. Globalisation, digitalisation and other mega-trends are bringing radical shifts to how we live and work.
These changes raise essential questions around the skills we need for future jobs, the quality of those jobs, the support available if we're unable to work or retire, and what voice we have in shaping these outcomes.
How can we shape the future of work so that it brings increased opportunities for everyone, not more inequalities?
Automation and new technologies are creating new jobs and demand new skills, but also removing the need for people to do some tasks.
And while the platform economy is creating new opportunities, there are concerns about the quality of some jobs there.
Are those who most need training actually receiving it? Helping people successfully navigate the changing world of work means helping them acquire the right skills for new jobs and new tasks.
People will need to learn not only at school but throughout their lives. Governments and firms alike will need to explore ways to help them do this.
Today, we are more likely to move jobs and to have a shorter job tenure than ever before. This is partially due to big changes in our economies, but also to new business models, a shift towards more service jobs and more “non-standard” jobs in some countries. These are ones in which people work part-time, have temporary contracts, or are self-employed, including as “gig” workers.
In many countries, social benefits and collective bargaining have been based on a model where people have a stable, full-time job with one employer, but this is rapidly becoming obsolete.
Whether a person has a good quality job or not has a profound impact on their well-being. Job quality is determined by wages, stability, and working conditions, from safety to human relationships.
Today's new technologies can improve job quality – but not all are benefiting. For many workers, real wages are stuck and job stability has dropped. And those in non-standard work and from certain regions are more likely to have lower quality jobs.
Labour market regulation can help ensure jobs are good quality, but may need to be adapted for some new forms of work. Collective bargaining also can play an important role.
" The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work, and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by technology advances that are commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions, and which are merging the physical, digital, and biological worlds in ways that create both promise and peril. The speed, breadth, and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries should develop, how organizations create value, and even what it means to be human. Now, as the world grapples with COVID-19, there is an opportunity to further harness the power of the revolution in ways that create a more inclusive, human-centred global economy."
"The world of work is changing fast; recognizing and mapping new work models will be essential for channelling that change into the creation of stronger labour markets. Job creation is a constant on the global agenda, as are policies intended to ensure greater protections for both workers and their employers. The most successful approaches will utilize a firm understanding of demographics, of shifting job roles, and of the evolving demand for skills - and will leverage disruption as a means to design ideal contemporary workplaces."
"Technological innovation is fundamentally transforming education, and updating the skills required for the contemporary workplace. Building future-ready education systems requires designing curricula fit for the 21st century, coupled with the consistent delivery of a basic education for everyone that builds a solid foundation for a lifetime of adapting and developing new abilities. Specialized education should provide in-demand skills, and address the disconnect between employer needs and existing instruction."
" The disruption caused by the Fourth Industrial Revolution has been accelerated by COVID-19, and increased our need for agility, adaptability, and positive transformation. As the global economy rapidly digitalizes, an estimated 70% of new value created over the next decade will be based on digitally enabled platform business models. However, nearly half of the world’s population remains unconnected to the internet. While digital technologies have the potential to enable new value for everyone, they risk further exacerbating exclusion, the unequal concentration of power and wealth, and social instability. Companies must use digital infrastructure and data to collaborate, develop innovative business models, navigate disruption, and transition to a new normal - post-pandemic, purpose-driven, sustainable, and inclusive.
"The expansion of internet access is slowing, however, and digital divides reflect economic and social divides. By 2022, an estimated 60% of global GDP will be digitized, yet a minority of people believe technology will make their lives better. While digital technology has the potential to enhance economies, societies, and the environment, if related risks outweigh these benefits it could further exacerbate exclusion, the concentration of power and wealth, and social instability. Coordinated, multi-stakeholder action is required to create a digital future that is inclusive and sustainable.