Last Updated: 28 January 2021

One of the most powerful drivers of change in the concept and practice of decent work concerns the rapid advances in technology. In recent decades, concepts ranging from Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things to Big Data, online platform based economy, cloud computing, and advanced robotics have percolated in both policy and business circles. Advances in the computing capabilities of machines have the potential to accelerate automation in the workplace and can change the way we view employment and human productivity.

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