Over the past decade, increased automation and rapid advances in communications technology have led many to ponder what the future of work would look like. Then came the COVID-19 pandemic. Fears of contracting this novel coronavirus coupled with the lockdown measures designed to contain it have led to an increase in business being conducted electronically and remote work becoming the new norm. Suddenly, the future of work is now.
Watch a panel of international experts – Dr. Carmen Pagés-Serra, Chief, Labour Markets Division of the InterAmerican Development Bank; Wayne Chen, President, Caribbean Employers’ Confederation; and Dr. Rochelle Haynes, International Human Resources Management Specialist and GigHR expert – discuss this very important issue during the August edition of the Central Bank of Barbados’ 2020 Caribbean Economic Forum, “The Future of Work is Here.”