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Thorben Albrecht

Thorben Albrecht is policy director at the trade union IG Metall. He was a member of the Global Commission on the Future of Work established by the ILO and a state secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2018.

A human-centred approach to the future of work: time to walk the walk

Thorben Albrecht

The centenary of the International Labour Organization saw publication of a major report on the future of work. Action on its recommendations is now even more urgent.

A human-centred agenda for the future of work

Thorben Albrecht

Much discussion of the future of work suggests it can only be a dystopian, robotic world. But the report of an ILO commission shows how humans, not algorithms, can be in charge.