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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...
Leadership Lessons from Infamous CEOs’ Missteps

There’s no shortage of articles highlighting advice and insights from great leaders. However, it is sometimes just as valuable to understand what happens when a leader stumbles. From personal failings to bad company culture, a number of CEOs have become infamous in...

What to Know About New Collar Jobs

White collar, blue collar … new collar? There's a new job classification that has emerged over the past few years and has been appearing in career conversations with increasing frequency: new collar jobs. Unlike traditional office jobs (white collar) or labor jobs...

Here Comes Labor Day. Where are the Unions?

More than 125 years after President Grover Cleveland signed a bill making Labor Day a national holiday, American workers face a rather different set of challenges than the laborers of the late 19th century, who scratched out a living by working at least...

Hate 9-5? Gig Work Is a Better Option Than Ever

If you were lucky enough to keep your job over the past year and a half, the pandemic likely still had a profound impact on how you work (and still does). But even though hybrid work has likely been the biggest impact for the still-employed, those without full-time...

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