Leverage Technology Investment GFC 2024

Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are not tied to a single employer but instead travel with the worker as they move between jobs, employers, or even different types of work arrangements. With workers changing jobs at a higher frequency, portable benefits can help workers carry their benefits over when they change jobs or work in multiple positions, and can also support independent and platform work. Good work agendas from the private sector can accelerate job quality outcomes and lead to a more equitable and robust workforce that is resilient to changes caused by technology. For example, the Good Work Alliance mobilizes a group of forward-looking companies to benchmark, promote and partner for good work, as well as showcase success stories. Good Work Frameworks can bring together a common understanding of job quality and commitments from C-suite leaders can inspire change across industries. Each of these steps represents vital actions to create a good jobs ecosystem by leveraging and responding to the mass adoption of emerging and frontier technologies. The final section of this briefing paper examines innovative examples of how these actions can come together to drive good job creation through investments in technology. Leveraging Technology Investment for Good Job Creation 8