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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...

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...
This Founder Has Plan Future Of Work

The gig economy is expanding -- rapidly -- but gig workers struggle to get paid. Craig J. Lewis has built Gig Wage into a dominant, empathy-driven player in the payment technology space. Craig J. Lewis was sitting in his Dallas office not long ago when an elderly...

Mentoring Group Helping Young People Find The Road To Success

Mentorship has been listed as one of the most effective ways to provide positive change in a young person's life. Recently, two Louisville men decided they wanted to help young men find the right path away from crime and violence by providing them with an "Alternate...

Hybrid Work Leading Driver Underpinning Successful Work

Three years after the Covid-19 pandemic changed the shape of working life, firms are implementing more structured approaches to work. But while 90% of businesses see the enablement of hybrid and remote work as having a positive impact on their bottom line, less than...

How A Consulting Firm Settled On 4.5-Day Workweek

Companies are still trying to find the return-to-office sweet spot, whether offering hybrid arrangements, flexible work schedules, or a four-day workweek. Management consulting firm Insigniam has seemingly found that happy medium after instituting a 4.5-day workweek,...

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