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Northern Ireland: Mentoring Programme For Teen Girls Has Positively Impacted More Than 17,000
A mentoring programme created to develop leadership skills in female school students has positively impacted almost 20,000 people in four years. Founded in 2022, SistersIN aims to empower girls aged 16-18 by pairing them with mentors from across business, public life...
Diversity Campaigner ‘Surprised’ To Be Nominated For Award
A Wolverhampton man says it was "a real surprise" to receive recognition, after being shortlisted for an honour at the national Ethnicity Awards, for people helping diverse groups. Phil Hocking, 38, has brought Windrush events to the workplace, expanded a black...
AI Displacement In The Workplace Is Increasing – And Affecting Young People Most
There is good and bad news about AI disruption in the labor market. It’s still barely discernible as a trend with the technology responsible for adding around only 15 basis points to the overall unemployment rate. But, that figure has risen from 10 basis points last...
6 Signs You Work In A Psychologically Safe Workplace
Psychological safety has become a popular concept in leadership strategy. Yet, many organizations struggle on defining it beyond buzzwords. A psychologically safe workplace is an environment where people can speak up honestly without fear of embarrassment, punishment,...
Mayor Mamdani Backs DoorDash Settlement Returning $104M To New York Delivery Workers
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced a major settlement with food delivery platform DoorDash that will return at least $104 million (£77.34 million) to tens of thousands of delivery workers after an investigation found the company used customer tips to...
China: Proposed Social Security Law Sparks Gig Worker Pushback
With China's flexible workforce estimated at nearly 300 million, Beijing pledges to strengthen their safety, wages and basic social security. Guangzhou delivery vehicle driver Zhang Liang watches on warily as more graduates, former factory workers and other jobseekers...
Upwork: Skilled Freelancing Jumps To 38%
The future of work took a measurable step this month, as Upwork’s Future Workforce Index 2026 found that 38% of skilled U.S. knowledge workers now freelance. That is up sharply from 28% a year ago. The report, released July 14, surveyed 2,400 U.S. workers and paired...
‘Digital Lifeline’ – Gaza Tech Workers Give Glimpse Of Possible Future
"I was just in a trough, drowning in uncertainty," says Walaa Volidis, a Palestinian software engineer. "But deep inside, I made a decision: it will not be the end, no matter how hard it gets. I'll keep fighting for my dreams." Wearing a headset and glued to her...
