The government has launched a report to be collated ontechnology and the future of work. Through the Productivity Commission, an issue paper has been drafted and
submissions are now being gathered. Submissions close June 5th and
the final report is due to the government on 31st March 2020.
The remits of the report are to debate and consolidate knowledge on - What are the current and likely future impacts of
technological change and disruption on the future of work, the workforce,
labour markets, productivity and wellbeing? How can the Government better position New Zealand and New Zealanders to take
advantage of innovation and technological change in terms of productivity,
labour-market participation and the nature of work?
Technological change seen to affect work in the following
ways. There will be a creation of new tasks and jobs; reduction in demand or
increase in demand for workers in some existing jobs dependent of components of
these jobs; and changes in the economics of different work arrangements (i.e.
project based employment, precarity, etc.)
Proposes 4 scenarios to think through –
More tech more jobs, more tech less jobs, stagnation or steady as (i.e. no change). So, nothing new as yet and it will be interesting to see, next year, what the report comes up with.
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