This report from the RSA explains that while the old model of a 'job for life' provided security for most of the workforce for nearly thirty years, now security has become a commodity increasingly reserved for the highly skilled and networked, with an increasing number of people now working independents, contractors, part-timers and platform workers. The net result of this erosion of job security is that the fastest-growing forms of work are the most transactional and have the least security. The report describes the results of a unique partnership between the RSA, Alt/Now and the Mastercard Centre for Inclusive Growth exploring efforts to design new systems of support and security for those living at the sharp end of modern working life, and the action needed to create a holistic 21st century safety net.