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Short-term schemes make it difficult to assess, but nine basic income-style programmes from Canada to Iran reveal some fascinating outcomes.
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More of us are in work than ever before, but we are more cautious than before, less likely to ask for more pay or change jobs.
Aimee Stephens worked for a Detroit funeral home for six years before telling her employer she wanted to be issued a female uniform.
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In a national survey, transgender individuals had worse employment outcomes, lower incomes and higher rates of poverty than cisgender people.
Co-working spaces have become an innovative way to work away from a central office without necessarily being alone at home.
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Co-working spaces have become popular since they were created in 2005, allowing self-employed workers to have a professional space outside an office and avoid isolation. But does it really work?
Shops checkouts are predicted to disappear this decade. Customers will be able to take what they want and walk out, with payment done automatically.
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Technological change has always destroyed jobs. But now automation and artificial intelligence are drying up the options for those displaced.
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Many of Britain’s elite employers do not perform well when it comes to cognitive diversity.
Men make more money in women-dominated fields, such as teaching.
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Men who work in female-dominated fields tend to get more prestige and higher wages.
America lags when it comes to being able to speak more than one language.
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Better job prospects and richer lives are among the many reasons to learn a foreign language, an expert on foreign language instruction writes.
Many employees with mental illnesses don’t get the help they need for fear of discrimination.
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Stigmas surrounding mental health can create difficult or even dangerous situations for employees struggling with mental illness.
A less common sight in the U.S. today.
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Over the last 35 years, the number of Americans who have moved has steadily declined to nearly half of their previous levels.
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Lessons from a study of sickle cell and employment.
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The effect is the transfer of wealth away from the poorest workers.
Have more free time, get more work done.
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The benefits of a four-day working week, without loss of pay, can outweigh the cons for both businesses and staff.
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Flexible work has the potential to solve many issues that see people fall out of the workforce but many companies still struggle to do it right.
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Most UK workplaces aren’t set up for women to breastfeed, so is it any wonder rates are so low.
The new Uber Works app.
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Uber Works is the next step in the evolution of the gig economy.
Activists block the street outside the U.S. Supreme Court as it hears arguments in major LGBT rights cases.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how the Civil Rights Act applies to LGBT people. A business law scholar explains why it could be one of the most consequential discrimination cases in decades.
Past experience doesn’t always count for asylum seekers when they apply for work in Australia.
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No matter how skilled or qualified they are, asylum seekerd say they’ve often forced to take whatever basic job they can just to survive.
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Flexibility is just a euphemism for exploitation.
‘These Australians deserve a greater sense of security’, Albanese said.
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In this first of a series of “vision statements” Albanese has sought to send the messages that Labor under his leadership is focused on jobs, is looking to the future and is not afraid of change.