2.7 million jobs are at risk, 1.4 million of them immediately.
Many of the tasks employees are doing now were not imagined even weeks ago. People are becoming crisis managers, sanitation monitors and work-from-home co-ordinators.
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Social distancing is impossible in much of Africa, and its economic consequences may lead to a famine that is worse than the pandemic. Prevention measures must consider the African context.
Unemployment may be down, but 3% of Britain’s working population are on zero hours contracts. This isn’t good for people or business and the government needs to act.
Tomorrow’s good jobs will require digital skills like programming.
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President Ramaphosa’s state of the nation speech showed his preference for less contentious matters that attract praise, rather than catalytic decisions.
The pain of being out of work is hard to bear for many South Africans.
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The Conversation’s 2020 economic survey points to a dismal year, with no progress on many of the key measures that matter for Australians and an increase in the unemployment rate.
Men who work in female-dominated fields tend to get more prestige and higher wages.
A recent study conducted by Brookings Institute researchers found artificial intelligence could “affect work in virtually every occupational group”. However, it’s yet to be seen exactly how jobs will be impacted.
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As machine automation and artificial intelligence surge, there’s paranoia our jobs will be overrun by robots. But even if this happens, work won’t disappear, because humans need it.
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As smartphone uptake and connectivity grows in Africa, so does the often unhealthy trend of young people betting on sports using their phones.
Supporting and empowering jobseekers has better results than the current “economic” approaches used by jobcentres up and down the country.
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Being out of work is hard: here’s how psychology is helping to make the process of finding a job a little easier.
Vanguard Laundry Services in Toowoomba, Queensland, has provided jobs to about 78 people with histories of mental illness and long-term unemployment.
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Women and children remain vulnerable to harm even after intimate violence has occurred. Coordinating a community’s response can help avoid educational, employment, social, housing and legal problems.
Most of the headlines derive from a single study. Over the past six years its predictions have been anything but accurate.
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