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man on bicycle delivers food for Uber Eats

Crisis Puts Delivery Workers on Risky Front Lines. Will it Change Their Futures?

Ann Skeet, senior director of Leadership Ethics, quoted in Protocol.

"The relationship between employers and employees has been shifting, and I would say eroding, since the 1980s," Skeet said, when large, stable employers like IBM started to voluntarily shed jobs by the thousands.

Today, companies and executives that proactively consider effects on workers may have an advantage whenever economic activity resumes after the crisis, she said, since strong policies — like early and clear remote work directives or guaranteed pay — could reassure both employees and shareholders about continuity. "When there are shared values and clear frameworks for making decisions inside companies, people can move faster and create more value."

Ann Skeet, senior director of Leadership Ethics, quoted in Protocol.

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