The digital transformation was already changing the world of work. Then came Covid-19 and the change accelerated. The key to dealing with this revolution lies in the new skills that the market is demanding. An event organized by the Automation & Testing specialist trade fair together with the Adecco Group covered this very topic: Skills in the digital age .
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From Great Britain to Italy, proposals are being made to reduce working hours to combat the labour crisis and redistribute work. What’s the best way forward?
They were among those essential workers who were still active during the lockdown. In Italy, for several years now their fate has been decided in the Courts, but the 2019 Salva Imprese’ decree is seeking to bring order. Many answers are still needed, and the first is about their safety.
Airbnb, Uber, WeWork & the largest companies in the sharing economy have been badly hit by Covid-19. Has the sharing economy reached the end of the line? We asked Marta Mainieri, founder of Collaboriamo.org and curator of Sharitaly
Workers in struggling companies can reduce their working hours and the government will pay most of their salary. Several other countries in Europe are looking at this model to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 crisis
We have all been quick to learn how to use online collaboration tools and video-conferencing systems. But compared to face to face communication, this needed a different, perhaps even emotive, approach
During the coronavirus emergency in Italy, preparation was already being made for a safe return to the workplace. A protocol drawn up by the Italian government, trade unions and business representatives lays down a set of key guidelines, but companies like Ferrari or Gucci have also added some further measures of their own
The 121-page report ranging from education to enterprises with an estimated value of 170 billion euro
Working hours need to be regulated, technology gaps need to be bridged and responsibility to be clarified these are just a few of the issues highlighted in recent weeks by employees who have been working from home. Various solutions have been put forward. We look at two sides to the argument put forward by the Unions and Professor Mariano Corso of Milan Polytechnic.
The jobs most in-demand are to be found in information technology, healthcare and the green economy. Though government support will also be needed
A report by the World Bank has highlighted that many of the service sector jobs that are hit hard by the current crisis are disproportionately female think about home helps, waitresses, hairdressers and beauticians. For many others smart working has meant an increase in domestic chores leaving less time for work
We spoke with Pierangelo Albini, Director of the employment department at Confindustria (the main association representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy) and Luigi Sbarra, Deputy General Secretary of the CISL (the second largest Italian confederation of trade unions). Here then are the points of view of the Unions and entrepreneurs.
Our country should stop selling cars with diesel or petrol engines by 2035 and switch to electric cars. New skills, new professional profiles and more research will be needed
“Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Laurie Santos at Yale, has become the most popular course in the history of the prestigious American university. Yet there is no shortage of examples in Italy as well
Software developers, engineers and computer scientists will be leading the first phase of creating a virtual reality for avatars. But eventually a detailed world will have to be created, and this will only be possible with architects, designers, mathematicians and many other professional profiles.