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(Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank officials on alert for any sign record inflation might ignite wage pressures are now wondering if they may need to keep waiting.
Werner Eichhorst In the 2010s, the academic and political debate about the future of work was dominated by discussion of technological change and imminent and potentially ever-more-profound effects of digitalisation—in particular, closer interaction between digital technology and work processes and the issue of what work then remained for humans. Over the years, many of us got used to the expectation of change in the structure of the economy and jobs available, with some fear of a disruption which would put major segments of employment at risk. Yet, including through actual observation, bro...
15th December 2020 The transformation of work is not simply from jobs to automation. Its complex, variable character demands a matching policy portfolio. Hans Böckler Stiftung Advertisement Renewing labour relations in the German meat industry: an end to 'organised irresponsibility'? Over the course of 2020, repeated outbreaks of Covid-19 in a number of large German meat-processing plants led to renewed public concern about the longstanding labour abuses in this industry. New legislation providing for enhanced inspection on health and safety, together with a ban on contract work and limitati...