The Committee supports efforts for a more adaptable labor market, the creation of new forms of work, and the preservation of workplaces. It further advocated for introducing future skills into the school system and the labor market, promoting intergenerational cooperation, and attracting and retaining talents in Slovenia.
AmCham Future of Work and Education Committee
Key areas of the Committee’s work
Introducing new forms of work to the labor market
The labor market must become more adaptable and enable different forms of work, which stay ahead of trends in line with newly formed career paths. Successful business processes will only be possible if companies work closely with many experts, with adaptability, efficiency, competitiveness, and the use of new models and approaches all crucial. We believe that cooperation between companies and individuals will be increasingly directed towards project work. Companies that are more adaptable in employment and that devote more time to employee satisfaction and their well-being at work have on proved time and time again to be most successful.
The introduction of digitalization and innovations to work processes
Digitalization brings changes in technology, processes, values and social paradigms, and consequentially fragmentation or key changes to the labor market. In order to be able to adapt to new forms of work, we need adaptable individuals, companies, and a general society. Slovenia can become a reference country in this context, i.e. a country in which best practices are implemented.
Retaining talent and competences in Slovenia
Slovenia must create an environment that will enable talented people to develop their capabilities and improve them with further different skills. Talent needs an environment that is aware of its contribution, values it, and builds on it, while at the same time also being capable of providing new opportunities that lead to the growth and further development of talent. Only in this way will workplaces with high added value remain in Slovenia and new ones be created.
Introducing skills for the future into the economy
We emphasize the need to invest in people at all levels of companies and organizations, as without the development of skills for the future, which will be indispensable in coming years and decades, there will be no success. Companies must adapt their work processes to make work easier for them and encourage the development of suitable, specific competencies dictated by the future of work. As people are the ones who bring new ideas, inspire others, and lead organizations to success, it is necessary to invest in them and develop their competences.
Adapting educational programs to the skills of the future
For future educational programs to be able to adapt to new demands and forms of work in the future, it is necessary to know the competences of the future, understand them, and include them in teaching methods. We need an education system that equips children with the necessary knowledge and skills they need for a changing labor market and prepare them for jobs that do not yet exist. We encourage the introduction of innovative and goal-oriented educational programs that emphasize the importance of lifelong learning, connecting educational institutions with the economy, and employing for sustainable development.
Lifelong learning
Individuals, companies, and society at large must be aware that we will have to learn new things and supplement our knowledge all the time. Companies, organizations and the civil service must include lifelong learning in their internal educational processes and company culture.
Intergenerational cooperation
Intergenerational cooperation can improve an organization and its relations, and increase market competitiveness. It is also necessary to encourage employers to employ those over 55, and to increase awareness and provide guidance in encouraging and motivating adults with low qualifications to improve their knowledge and skills. Those over 55 should also be encouraged to remain active as long as possible and to share their know-how with younger people.
Teleworking
Teleworking has often proved to be successful, effective, and beneficial, particularly in the time of the coronavirus pandemic. It offers employees greater adaptability and employers notice that work is done even better and more effectively, while the costs of organizing work can be managed much better in teleworking. Teleworking offers an excellent opportunity for the development of new good business practices and promotes creativity, while the rapid adaptation represents a new competitive element, which will have a decisive effect on the continued successful operation of businesses and the preservation of workplaces.
We are striving for legislative changes to the regulation of teleworking, as the current system is too rigid for the needs of this era and young workers. Legislation must be adapted in a way that enables employers and employees to act rapidly, reduces administrative barriers, and effectively simplifies procedures that ensure safety while teleworking. Current needs in practice demand adaptations of the regulations as soon as possible.
Teleworking
The Committee also created the Teleworking project, in which we highlight the good practices of companies that are both members of our business community and are connected with teleworking.
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Nina Marinšek
Advocacy Director