DISCIPLINE SCENARIO Uniformity and stability: strict rules, controlled progress
Theme: Labour Market & Automation

Theme 8 of 9

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.


SCENARIO TIMELINE

2025 TREND: Disruption beginning
2030 TREND: Job losses drive regulation push
2035 TREND: Strict labour laws enacted
2040 STATE: Workers protected; migration strictly controlled

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