Firms of the future are expected to hire four generations of staff
BRITISH workplaces could soon have four generations of employees on staff, as an ageing population and a rise in flexible jobs mean people must work for longer.
Meanwhile, a boom in business technologies could make many semi-skilled and white-collar jobs obsolete and force those who have been left behind to retrain, according to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
While new technologies will have unpredictable effects on the jobs market between now and 2030, the UK CES thinks firms could in future base their workforce more around specific projects rather than hiring indefinitely. This uncertainty could drive more people into setting up their own businesses, using more automation and technology to find their niche, the research suggests.
As well as meaning longer working lives, the shifting jobs market is also likely to hire women for two-thirds of new skilled jobs over the next decade. But new research from PwC shows the UK has failed to keep up in ensuring that women are hired and paid the same as their male colleagues, ranking 18th out of the 27 OECD nations on gender job equality.