Mar22258 Alongside bringing people together, the AFW has also unveiled a free to use, invite only, digital ‘Community’ platform – AFW Community – dedicated to supporting introductions, stimulating conversations amongst professionals and sharing global future of work focussed news and policy developments. It will also and provide a universal resource for information on upcoming events and resources. Albert Azis-Clauson, Chair of the AFW, said: “Over the past three years the UK has encountered seismic events that have turbo-charged the evolution of our working practices tenfold. But our laws and working practices have not moved along with this change, so now is the time for us to deliver a legal, tax and policy framework that unlocks talent and growth. “If we truly want the UK to embrace social mobility and be a shining example of entrepreneurship, we need to deliver renewed, collaborative action. The Association for the Future of Work will be operating at the centre of this ambition.” New Association For the Future of Work Launches With Goal to Improve Tax And Education • A new organisation launched this week, the Association for the Future of Work, will bring together leading minds and enterprises with an interest in the future of work • Supporters include the UK’s Small Business Commissioner, Liz Barclay, and Matthew Taylor CBE, former CEO of the Royal Society of Arts who authored the instrumental Good Work plan for Prime Minister Theresa May in 2017 • The AFW is chaired by Albert Azis-Clauson, CEO of UnderPinned, a business accelerator supporting freelances with finding work, networking and commercialising their skills. Building a fairer, more productive and prosperous future of work is the mission of a new organisation launched yesterday to advocate for improved support structures, from tax to education, that will foster greater entrepreneurialism in the UK. At an event attended by policymakers, industry, and business leaders from across the country, the new Association for the Future of Work (AFW) was launched with fresh policy ambitions to simplify tax, make it easier to move internationally, to build the right supporting infrastructure, such as standardised contracts, as well as improving education at all levels, and ensuring working for yourself is accessible for all. These policies are necessary to widen opportunities and to give people the flexible infrastructure they need to have successful careers – in whatever form of employment that takes. The policies will form a new framework, which was discussed during a roundtable event, led by Albert Azis-Clauson, Chair of the AFW, during the launch event last week. In attendance were leading figures shaping the future of work including the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE), Open Assembly, Free Trade Europa, Creative UK, and the UK’s Small Business Commissioner amongst many others. The launch of the AFW comes after Prime Minister, Liz Truss, pledged during the Summer to unleash a “small business and self-employed revolution” under her government, which only two weeks ago abolished IR35 reforms, cutting red tape for people choosing to work for themselves. As the AFW gets underway, its goal will be to regularly convene with leading minds, from entrepreneurs to enterprises, engaging in new research, industry summits, roundtables and meet directly with key policymakers to discuss new approaches to improve the future of work in the UK. At an event attended by policymakers, industry, and business leaders from across the country, the new Association for the Future of Work (AFW) was launched with fresh policy ambitions to simplify tax, make it easier to move internationally, to build the right supporting infrastructure, such as standardised contracts, as well as improving education at all levels, and ensuring working for yourself is accessible for all.
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