INDUSTRY 4.0 AND THE FUTURE OF WORK

The Industry 4.0 paradigm mentioned in Hannover Fair in 2011 and then announced as Germany's industrial modernization, refers to the developments that will deeply affect all sectors and cause many changes in the structure of the labor market. The fundamental changes envisaged in this framework are called technological breakthroughs which contain the developments that humanity has not experienced before. In fact, Industry 4.0 refers to rapid transformations in the design, manufacture, operation and service of production systems and products. Industry 4.0, which will pave the way for people and smart factories to communicate with each other, will create innovations in the fields of labor market and employment, investments, technological developments, policies and regulations, production, labor relations and education. The increase in the unemployment problem of unqualified workers, the loss of middle skills, the increase in the number of dark factories where the robots are working and the need for human labor are among the expected negative developments of Industry 4.0 . On the other hand it is expected that Industry 4.0 will contribute new employment opporutnities. In this study, working conditions of the Industry 4.0 and the possible changes on the labor market were examined by literature review. In this sense, firstly the concept and development of Industry 4.0 was discussed and then the working conditions and the innovations in the labor market were examined