• The work/leisure meaning and balance are changing, driven by priority to self-fulfillment and an increasing entrepreneurial spirit, moving towards self-actualization economy.
• The meaning of 'the workplace' is changing. It does not relate only to a physical place where work is performed but also includes any space where the worker goes and performs his/her duties.
• The work relationship is diversifying as workers hold several jobs and multiple income sources at the same time.
• There is increasing argument that personal data should be treated as a form of labour and therefore, people should be paid for access to it.  
• Decent work deficits are widespread. In 2018, over 25% of workers in low- and middle-income countries were living in extreme or moderate poverty, notes ILO.
• New work patterns include:
  • decentralisation of work and questioning of hierarchical structures, with development of self-accountability and entrepreneurship;
  • work becomes less conventional, non-routine tasks outpacing routine tasks by 20% since 1960.
  • Project work, one example of non-routine activity, increased 40-fold over the past 20 years.

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