Labour Market & Automation
How AI-driven automation affects employment, skills, and economic security — including who benefits from productivity gains and who is left behind.
Trajectory
Toward strong worker protection
Main driver
Automation pressure driving regulation
Leading actors
National governments; labour law
State in 2040
Workers protected; migration strictly controlled
Growing dissatisfaction about job losses is cited as one of the reasons many countries moved toward global AI regulation in the late 2020s. Strict labour law regulations are introduced to regulate the use of AI in the workplace and protect workers’ rights against AI-controlled systems. Migration is strictly controlled globally according to professional criteria.