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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...
Watch Out For These 4 Remote Work Mistakes

As I write this, I'm sharing my desk chair with my cranky elderly cat. We're listening to music, being warmed by a space heater, and I'm wearing slippers. It's freezing outside, but I haven't had to step foot out of my apartment to go to work. What's my secret?...

Amazon Ends Fully Remote Work

The call to return to the office came from Amazon CEO, Andy Jassy, who posted a message on the official company blog, declaring that staff must now attend physical Amazon premises at least three times a week. In the blog post, Jassy mentions the benefits he sees in...

How Healthy Is The Future Of Work?

Every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases its eagerly anticipated jobs report. Cue the headlines. Job numbers up? Good—well done, politicians. Job numbers down? Bad. Weak economy. Interpreting data this way misses the real story. Do these jobs allow...

Jobs For Veterans: Tools

Today, veteran unemployment sits at 3.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Although there's always more work to be done, that kind of number reflects more than a decade of effort in helping America's veterans find work. It simply wasn't...

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