Senior economist Behnoush Amery analyzes the implications and effects of COVID-19 on the future of work and the labour market, while also discussing the megatrends that are appearing.

1. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATIONCOUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
COVID-19 and the Megatrends in
Future of Work
Behnoush Amery
Senior Economist at LMIC

2. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
FoW & NoW
• LMIC’s goals of collect, analysis and distribute the knowledge
• To improve the timeliness, reliability and accessibility of labour market information to
facilitate decision-making
• To help distribute the knowledge: re-launching the Future of Work Annotated
Bibliography (LMIC & WES partnership).
• Now of Work Annotated Bibliography: summaries of recent reports examining the
implications of COVID-19
• New entries will be added every two months.

3. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
Megatrends (Focus of FoW AB)
Technological Advancements
o Automation of production
o Artificial intelligence (AI)
o Digitization & Robotics
Demographic Shift
o Aging population & workforce
o Immigration
Climate Change
o Higher average temperatures
o Increased intensity of extreme weather events

4. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
Megatrends & COVID-19 (Focus of NoW AB)
Technological Advancements
o Increase in online life
o Increase the adoption of technologies
Demographic Shift
o Increase in need of upskilling and reskilling
o Increase in need of sustainable inflow of
skilled workers
Climate Change
o Significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2020
o Require further commitmentand action worldwide to reduce emissions.
COVID-19
COVID-19
COVID-19

5. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
FoW & NoW Annotated Bibliographies
Tools for sharing the knowledge

6. LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION COUNCIL
CONSEIL DE L’INFORMATION SUR LE MARCHÉ DU TRAVAIL
Thank You
Future of Work AnnotatedBibliography
Now of Work Annotated Bibliography
If you have any questions about the presentation,
please contact me at behnoush.amery@lmic-cimt.ca