PRECARITYJOB securityLABOR contractsPANDEMICSSOCIAL stratificationCOVID-19This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on job insecurity and the pre-existing challenges of job precarity. It discusses how the pandemic intensified vulnerabilities in the workforce and ...
Sean Brown:Susan, you have led MGI’s work on the pandemic’s impact on the global economy. How does this research fit into that broader effort? Susan Lund:We have been studying the long-term impact of COVID-19 after economies reopen, and that includes the jobs, skills, and workforce t...
The research report outlines how the pandemic has disrupted the workforce and several areas of opportunity for organizations to improve the employee experience. Key Findings: Nearly 20% of respondents reported they had been furloughed or laid off as a result of the pandemic. ...
During this pandemic, you can already see the disproportionate impact taking shape. The unemployment rate for women in April was 16.2 percent, higher than it has been in any monthsince at least 1948, before dropping to 11.7 percent in June — a percentage point higherthan the rate f...
The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated these changes at a nearly unimaginable pace. The Workforce Wire is tailored news and information specifically for employers and executives to keep track of what companies are doing with regard to their workforce to help leaders navigate through this u...
While the global pandemic changed many fundamental elements of daily life—including travel, education, and the economy—its impact on the workplace will perhaps prove to be the most disruptive and long-lasting. Research conducted by MillerKnoll reveals how years of remote working, empty...
Construction workforce management has always been a challenge for contractors — and that was before the unforeseen communication and staffing issues that arrived with the coronavirus pandemic.
Research shows severe disruption through the pandemic is driving enterprises to make their supply chains more resilient, collaborative and networked.
The2022 EY Work Reimagined Surveyreveals employer attitudes through the initial waves of the pandemic. A vast majority (72%) of employers in the oil and gas, mining and metals, and power and utilities industries said developing a workforce strategy and plan to ensure necessary talent and skills...
The sudden halt of mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic has become an important accelerator of digitalization. People have reconnected in the digital world from home while the physical world has been unsafe. During the lockdown, communication without social platforms, entertainment without streaming ...