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Whose responsibility is it to ensure that workers have affordable access to employment, if affordable is defined in terms of dignity, safety, finances and time?

As the trend for remote working persists, a survey suggests that people are struggling to maintain a work-life balance. People are often working longer hours because theyre grateful they still have a job or work-life boundaries have collapsed. Work-life balance is essential for mental health, physical health and long-term economic success and must be prioritised, write three academics. Before the pandemic, a common objection to remote working was the suspicion that staff would disengage and pro...

Only addressing systemic inequalities will ensure our societies remain resilient in the future – here are four ways to approach the problem.

As Brazil continues its clean energy transition progress, how can it balance economic growth and the environment? A recent roundtable has the answers

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed many of women's workplace gains in the world's wealthiest countries, according to PwC's latest Women in Work Index.

Strong female role models such as Vandi Verma, the NASA space roboticist operating Perseverance, could be key to encouraging girls to study STEM subjects.

A McKinsey and World Economic Forum survey has looked at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer sentiment in the mobility sector. Here's what it found.

What is apparent, though, is that globalization is certainly changing our economy - both the Canadian and the world economy. We do not live in the world of grandparents or great grandparents. Changes are happening faster than we can adapt. To back up a long way, modern humans emerged after the last ice age and began to settle various regions of the planet in individualized groups. It is estimated the worlds population at the time was between 1 and 10 million people - or about the equivalent o...

Poised to become the world’s third largest economy by 2030, India must unleash a massive expansion in renewable energy, says the International Energy Agency.

These savings can be seen as less excessive when the unprecedented government household interventions which occurred over the last year are considered.