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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...
Cyber Security Persistent Problem for SMBs

Comcast Business today released its first annual Comcast Business Small Business Cybersecurity Report offering a window into the cybersecurity threats small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers face daily. The report found that up to 65% of Comcast Business...

3 Leadership Lessons from a Self-proclaimed Work in Progress

Leadership. It’s a concept on everyone’s mind in the workplace. From the new hire straight out of college to the CEO and everyone in between, the last few years have shined an even brighter light on how people are managing, inspiring and growing their teams....

Best Job Ever

The sixth floor of the Albuquerque Embassy Suites was a ghost town on Halloween. With just a few hours to go until the night’s festivities, guests were out and about, making for a slow morning for hotel staff. All that could be heard was the dull roar of Luc Nguyen’s...

If You Want a Job Done Well, Hire a Veteran

Whether from the Army, Navy, Air Force or Marines, vets don’t entertain notions like “quiet quitting” (not going above and beyond the job description), walking out on a job before the mission is complete or leaving a difficult problem for someone else to solve. “That...

A Transformative Approach to Workplace Mental Health

When Sean Fogarty founded CuraLinc Healthcare in 2008, many companies did not yet see employee mental health as a business imperative. That has changed since Covid-19. CuraLinc’s client base has increased threefold since the start of the pandemic. “Our growth journey...

Mentoring Through Challenging Times

As we look toward making business goals for 2023, it’s hard to know where to start when there are so many unknowns, including a remote workforce, inflation, supply chain issues, to name a few considerations. Tanya Dalton of Asheville NC, author of On Purpose: The Busy...

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