Amazon’s plan to invest $700 million retraining its workforce signals very soon all jobs will be STEM jobs – and higher education needs to play a bigger role.
Work isn’t as stable as it once was.
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A growing number of jobs are becoming less stable, with fewer benefits and stagnating wages. This is taking a significant toll on the psychological health of workers.
An economist explains why the long-term drop in the participate rate is an even bigger problem for the US economy than the May slowdown in jobs growth.
Low-wage poverty is highly associated with unstable work such as in the informal sector.
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Paid employment is no longer a guarantee that workers will earn enough to cover their basic needs and become relatively secure financially. Hence the global phenomenon of the working poor.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has revived a presidential advisory unit shut down by his predecessor. He needs it if he is to use his power effectively to improve his government’s policy coherence.
Using a variety of statistical analyses, the authors have found no evidence of more employment in hospitality and retail because of reduced penalty rates.
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White men have historically and disproportionately held official, managerial and professional occupations. But women and people of color are slowly gaining.
A man is trying glasses with hologram technology at a research centre called ARENA2036 in Stuttgart, Germany.
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A forum of Australian tech companies this week was told the government’s encryption laws could see Australian jobs moved overseas. Labor’s promised to “fix” the laws, but that could be too late.
Shorten is making the pledge on a “living wage” a central part of his election pitch.
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