We are living through a new transformation of work. We are living in an Amazonian Era. The ethos, practices and business models that emerged within the gig economy have been packaged up and made available for download to the furthest corners of our essential services, reshaping the lives of millions of workers across Britain.

The number of people working for gig economy platforms has near-tripled in England and Wales over the past five years, according to new research published by the TUC today (Friday).

There are fears that robot interviews by webcam that judge candidates on the way they speak will stop well-qualified youngsters from less privileged families getting jobs

Facebook and Amazon are distancing themselves from facial recognition software - so why isn't Uber and TfL?

Good interoperability policy should put the user front and center: data sharing must only happen with a user’s opt-in consent, and only for purposes that directly benefit the user.

Workplace challenges posed by new technology could be answered by very traditional solutions. "Nevertheless, there is also substantial historical evidence that technological changes tend to affect lower-paid and lower-qualified workers more than others. This suggests there are likely to be unequal effects that cause disruption for some people or places more than others,"

Guardian analysis shows young black workers hit disproportionately hard by Covid pandemic

Enterprise section ‘laughably simplistic’ and looked to TV programme Dragons’ Den for answers

Boris Johnson’s race equality advisers are expected to suggest change after study of employment market

Gender equality can seem like one big homogeneous bowl of intentions demonstrating that we care about women. A better structure for change centers on the perspective, needs and experience of Black women. Today’s common trickle-down approach is not working; a “trickle up” or “follow up” paradigm would be more effective.

High levels of deprivation and job insecurity, vast income inequality, housing discrimination and medical disparities have long had a severe impact on the tangle of communities and ethnic minority populations that live in these boroughs. But when combined with the necessity to go to work, to take public transport and to share space in densely packed housing, they also provided the perfect breeding ground for a deadly virus. The domino effect would prove catastrophic.

Interviews with diversity managers and internal data obtained by Recode indicate that Black Amazon employees are promoted less frequently and are rated more harshly than non-Black peers.