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available in the domestic labour market. It may well be
that digitalisation helps to relieve this problem. Never-
theless, it is crucial to sustain the employability of work-
ers and to permanently adapt qualifications and skills
to changing needs over a person’s entire working life.
Furthermore, there is increased demand placed on the
optimal management of heterogeneous employment
structures in order to take full advantage of the work-
force’s potential.
The increased flexibility of work in terms of time and space
has been driven by global competition and made pos-
sible by technological changes and the digitalisation of
the world of work. Some types of work can and should
be done independent of location and time. The border
between working life and private life blurs as a result.
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