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Fears about AI taking our jobs are understandable – but harmful
#Business #Tech #AI #FutureOfWork #Automation #Society #JobSecurity #Workplace #WorkersRights #DigitalEconomy #AIImpact #SocialStability #LabourMarket #Innovation #TechEthics #Employment #Fear
https://the-14.com/fears-about-ai-taking-our-jobs-are-understandable-but-harmful/

Visualización de la brecha generacional laboral 2026: El impacto de la IA en la interrupción de la transferencia de conocimiento senior-junior. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/p/insights-visuales.html #DataVisualization #LabourMarket #FutureAnalysis #GlitchMentalMX

Análisis sociolaboral 2026: El impacto de la automatización en los niveles de entrada y el riesgo de descapitalización de capital humano especializado. 🧠👾 🔗 https://www.glitchmental.com/2026/02/ia-empleo-junior-talento-2026.html #LabourMarket #AIImpact #Economy2026 #GlitchMentalMX

Two big tax holes are perpetuating Australia's wealth inequality
By Alan Kohler

Intergenerational inequality will only be dealt with by taxing the people that have the money, not by cutting the taxes of those who don't have it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/reducing-inequality-means-taxing-capital-more/106369480

#Tax #FederalParliament #EconomicTrendsandIndicators #IncomeDistribution #LabourMarket #AlanKohler

💼 In the latest issue of our Changing Populations newsletter, we report on a study by CG member Dr Carl Singleton, that revealed the UK's #genderpaygap may be larger than official estimates.

Dr Singleton said: "The implications of our findings are wide-reaching, as the information used in this annual survey affects everything from #paydeals to the #NationalMinimumWage."

▶️ Read the full story in section 6: https://sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELXCdXJ?ref=Link

#labourmarket #economics #wages #earnings #employment #paygap

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CG member Dr Carl Singleton is co-author of a study that has revealed the UK’s gender pay gap may be larger than official estimates because the data is not weighted to account for jobs in small, young, and private sector firms.

Dr Singleton from the University of Stirling worked with colleagues from University College London (UCL), Bayes Business School, and the University of the West of England to review the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is used to calculate the UK gender pay gap. The ASHE is used by the Low Pay Commission to monitor the impact of the minimum wage and by the Office for the Pay Review Bodies to inform public sector pay settlements. It is also used by the World Economic Forum for international comparisons.

“The head of the International Monetary Fund (#IMF) recently predicted that 60% of #jobs in advanced #economies will be #eliminated or transformed by artificial intelligence, “like a tsunami hitting the #LabourMarket”.

In #SanFrancisco, you can already see the early signs, as Uber #drivers compete with #SelfDriving Waymos, and #baristas are replaced by #RoboticCoffee bars.

Professional business services that support the #tech industry have also been negatively affected by the #layoffs. The *pressure to grind* in the tech world could be an early signal – a harbinger for what many other industries will feel soon.”

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #AI / #startups <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/feb/17/ai-startups-work-culture-san-francisco>

What is a 'capacity constraint' and why should you care?
By David Taylor

It may sound boring, but "capacity constraints" are to blame for your higher mortgage repayments.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/what-are-capacity-constraints-economic-growth-inflation-rba/106322390

#EconomicGrowth #Inflation #Mortgages #LabourMarket #Unemployment #DavidTaylor

Bank of England raises alarm on jobs as interest rates unchanged

Thursday 05 February 2026 12:26 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #BankofEngland #Business #Economics #growth #Inflation #InterestRates #KeirStarmer #labourmarket #Markets #UK #ukeconomy #UKGovernment #ukinterestrates #unemployment #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/387043/

Unemployment rate dropped to 6.5% in January, StatCan says
Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 6.5 per cent in January as fewer people were looking for a job compared with the month before, according to Statistics Canada.
#economy #employment #Canada #Jobs #labourmarket
https://globalnews.ca/news/11655660/unemployment-rate-canada-january-2026/

Last week, we supported the Economic Outlook 2026 business breakfast organized by the Franco-Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
In a context of economic uncertainty, the outlook presented by Máté Lóga and the discussion moderated by László Károlyi offered useful insights for companies active in Hungary.
Constructive, data-driven dialogue remains essential for informed business and workforce planning.
#EconomicOutlook2026 #BusinessDialogue #Hungary #LabourMarket #REDRecruitment

A stark warning: essential public sector workers are becoming scarcer across the developed world. The #OECD reports ageing workforces & fewer new entrants in #education & #healthcare. Governments' reliance on immigration is a temporary patch, often draining talent from poorer nations & failing to build stable, domestic workforces. The long-term cost? Eroding skills, poorer health outcomes & slower economic growth. #LabourMarket #PublicServices

Pakistan faces employment challenges despite moderate GDP growth

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://dailytimes.com.pk/1437715/pakistan-faces-employment-challenges-despite-moderate-gdp-growth/

'Heartbroken' farm workers chase $260,000 in unpaid wages
By Ben Butler and Hellena Souisa

According to court documents, at least 20 workers are owed money for the work they did in late 2023 on Corrigan's Farm in south-east Melbourne, which experts say is part of a bigger problem that sees tens of millions in missing cash disappear into the black economy.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-15/wage-theft-farm-workers-victoria-corrigans-farm-khmer-community/106208768

#LabourMarket #ScamsandFraud #EmploymentServices #Farmers #BenButler #HellenaSouisa

📑 NEWLY PUBLISHED - CPC-CG members Vincent Ramos and Ann Berrington examine the relationship between young adults living with their parents, their employment status and socioeconomic background.

Read at: https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf058

#youngadults #labourmarket #unemployment #underemployment #temporarywork #agencywork #intergenerational #adulthood #socialclass #socioeconomic #employment #earningsdisparities #uklabourforcesurvey #serviceclass #socialscience #demography #officefornationalstatistics

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Journal Article
Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the United Kingdom: heterogeneities by parental class and age
Open Access
Vincent Jerald Ramos , Ann Berrington
European Sociological Review, jcaf058, https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf058
Published: 09 January 2026
Abstract
Amidst young adults’ increasing labour market insecurity and rates of parental co-residence, this article examines how unemployment and underexplored forms of non-standard employment (NSE)—underemployment and temporary and agency work (TAW)—are associated with inter-generational co-residence in the United Kingdom. Refining the feathered nest/gilded cage hypothesis to incorporate forms of non-NSE, we analyse how parental social class moderates this relationship across the transition to adulthood phase, driven by both protective and propellant motives. We estimate logistic regression models using the 2021–2024 waves of the UK Labour Force Survey, which allow for a precise identification of time-related underemployment and agency working. Results suggest that states of labour underutilization (underemployment) and impermanence (TAW) as well as unemployment are all associated with higher probabilities of parental co-residence relative to standard employment. This relationship is in part mediated by earnings disparities. Further, socio-economic background matters—the positive insecurity co-residence association is most pronounced...

This looks set to be a brilliant event on understanding the needs of lower-income families, with many great speakers, including CPC-CG member Athina Vlachantoni, who will discuss how we should properly value both paid and unpaid work.

Register to attend in person or online on 10 Feb: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/unsung-britain-final-conference/

#demography #socialpolicy #socialscience #families #lowincome #costofliving #inequality #labourmarket #socialmobility #economy #livingstandards #poverty #welfare #caring #ageing #ukpolitics