The Unite union has previously called for JLR to provide guarantees about the future of its UK workforce and warned that the company's global expansion should not be at the expense of British workers "who have built the foundations for that global success".
Schools are not preparing children to succeed in a world where intelligent robots have transformed the workforce, MPs have warned.
"The police service has faced a period of major change since 2010, particularly in reductions to its budgets and workforce," the report warned.
Dementia will cost English businesses £3bn by 2030, driving thousands out of work to care for their elderly relatives, and cutting the size of the over 65s workforce, economic analysts have warned.
In July, the Australian government's workforce and productivity agency warned the the poor supply of domestic ICT graduates had created an unhealthy reliance on the 457 skilled worker visa as the country's primary source of tech talent.
"In many areas, well-paid jobs in manufacturing have been replaced by relatively low-level, low-paid jobs in the private services sector, staffed by a cheap, flexible and largely female workforce," the report warns.
Workers' representatives at MAN, an engineering group in Augsburg, have warned that the workforce will take action, as the Mercedes workers did with some modest success, against the introduction of a 40-hour week.
Persimmon, Britain's biggest housebuilder by market value, today said it was slashing its 5,000strong workforce by 40% as analysts warned the slump in the housing market could be "significantly" worse than the last crash in the early 90s.
And Herman Berliner, provost and dean of faculties at Hofstra University, warned that entering the workforce before college could backfire if the strong economy moderates.
Mitchell warned of a "cowed and supine workforce", all paying homage to the "inscrutable idol of 'national security'".
It pointed to an ageing workforce with 68% of staff over 40 and warned of a "skills crisis" in the next decade.
