Workers’ rights under threat as online work surges five-fold – UN
Berlin, GermanyThomson Reuters Foundation Digital platforms have soared five-fold over the past decade, offering opportunities to some but also eroding workers’ rights, the International Labour Organization said on Tuesday. From ride-sharing apps like Uber and online marketplaces like UpWork linking freelancers and clients, to software that allows employers to oversee workers, digital platforms have transformed […]
Post-pandemic, will offices and factories become “places men go”?
New York City, USThomson Reuters Foundation Office life will be different after COVID-19, with desks far apart, Plexiglass barriers and a health warning on handshakes. But the biggest change could be a notable absence of women. Once the pandemic eases sufficiently for workers to return to their desks and factory floors, women are more likely […]
Books: How our worship can shape our work
KARA MARTIN, author of ‘Workship: How To Use Your Work To Worship God’, reads a new book on the connection between faith and employment…
Conversations: Kara Martin on work and faith
JO KADLECEK speaks with Kara Martin, an Australian freelance consultant, speaker, writer, and lecturer, whose recent books on the nexus of work and the Christian faith were short-listed for Australian Christian Book of the Year…
COVID-19 highlights need for companies to protect domestic abuse victims
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation The global surge in domestic violence during coronavirus lockdowns highlights the need for companies to do more to protect victims and help them get their lives back on track, experts on the issue said on Thursday. Companies should offer women facing domestic abuse flexible working, extra leave so they can move […]
SIGHT HELPDESK: FIVE EXPERT TIPS FOR WORKING FROM HOME DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
In an article first published on The Conversation, BRITTANY HARKER MARTIN, of Canada’s University of Calgary, gives some tips for how to adjust to working in what can be a crowded house…
POSTCARDS: MAN’S WORK MORPHS INTO WOMAN’S WORLD IN ZIMBABWE
JEFFREY MOYO, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on changing gender roles in Zimbabwe…
WORK
Most would agree that finding meaningful work is important for our quality of life, but once upon a time – work was looked upon with contempt. The remains of Whitby Abbey in England where monks once worshipped. PICTURE: Kirsten Dew/Unsplash Work was for slaves, the oppressed, and those defeated in war. To have to labour was to be […]
ESSAY: WORKPLACE EMAILS – UNHEALTHY?
MAL FLETCHER, writing from London, asks whether it’s time to consider a ban on out-of-hours emails…
TRENDSPOTTER: THE “GIG ECONOMY”
DAVID ADAMS takes a quick look at the rise of the idea of the ‘gig’ economy…