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TOM STACKPOLE: For the last year and a half, we’ve been hearing that generative AI is going to change everything. In that time, companies have invested huge amounts of time, money, and resources, and most of them…

The annual release of the Economic Report of the President presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and key policy concerns of the White House.This year, the 487-page report from President Biden delves into issues related…

By Dorothée Rouzet, Senior Economist, OECD Economics Department Rapid technological change – from digitalisation to artificial intelligence, 3D printing and nanomaterials – is transforming the way goods and services are produced and…

By Shruti Singh and Guillermo Montt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Ew7N9tPOo Many innovations over the past decades have substituted labour and changed how we work. Much of the tasks we perform today are mediated by computers or…

By Glenda Quintini. On 15 January, the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs hosted a meeting of employment and labour ministers of OECD countries and beyond. The meeting was preceded by a Forum on the Future of Work…

1. IntroductionA healthy organization can be defined as an organization characterized by both financial success, i.e., profitability, and a physically and psychologically healthy workforce (p. 462). The recognition of this builds on…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who work from home all or part of the time are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, the…

1. IntroductionDuring the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a clear need to adopt telework, either fully or partially. This aimed to reduce the spread of the virus and its effects . Telework was deemed feasible when the…

Recognition marks the third time Hilton has topped the U.S. list and follows No. 1 ranking as the World’s Best Workplace  MCLEAN, Va. – Hilton has once again been recognized for its award-winning workplace culture. Today, Great Place to…

By Glenda Quintini. Skills policies have tended to focus disproportionately on the supply side – the acquisition and adaptation of skills. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing awareness that demand-side issues – how…

By Paulina Granados Zambrano and Glenda Quintini   Human capital is key for economic growth. Not only is it linked to aggregate economic performance but also to each individual’s labour market outcomes. However, a skilled population…

WASHINGTON— Building on extensive modernization efforts that have streamlined and improved access to work permits for eligible noncitizens, USCIS today announced a temporary final rule (TFR) to increase the automatic extension period for…

Douglas Sutherland, Senior Economist, US Desk, Economics Department. The economic expansion in the United States is now one of the longest on record, although it has been sluggish in comparison with previous recoveries. While job growth…

U.S. Geological Survey geologists join county and state partners in California to assess the aftermath of the Montecito debris flow that struck in January 2018. (Credit: Young (CTR), Steven M.. Public domain.) When a wildfire…

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This is part 1 of a two-part MIT News feature examining new job creation in the U.S. since 1940, based on new research from Ford Professor of Economics David Autor. Part 2 is available here. In 1900, Orville…

More than two million leisure journeys by car will be made today RAC said  By Eirian Jane Prosser Published: 01:35 EDT, 1 April 2024 | Updated: 01:39 EDT, 1 April 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!--…

BALTIMORE (AP) — As divers assisted crews with the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the site took time on Easter…

By MIKE PESOLI and JEFFREY COLLINS (Associated Press) BALTIMORE (AP) — As crews continued the complicated and meticulous operation of removing the steel and concrete from the fallen Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, some near the…

Chefs are in hot demand. “Chefs, chefs, chefs! Virtually impossible to find anyone,” lamented one Auckland restaurant owner recently. Australia is seeing a similar gap, with chefs ranked the eighth most in-demand occupation. Given…

By Stijn Broecke. Today the OECD has released a new working paper by Thor Berger and Carl Frey (famous from his work on the automatability of jobs) which provides a systematic overview of the literature examining the impact of…

The neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced in 2015 that he could soon be capable of performing the world’s first human head transplant procedure. This would mean that it would be possible to remove someone’s head, and graft it onto…

Ultra-competitive workplaces – places where employees battle against each other for rank, bonuses and promotions – are common in many high-status fields, including law and finance. But while having a highly competitive culture is,…

From students crafting essays and engineers writing code to call center operators responding to customers, generative artificial intelligence tools have prompted a wave of experimentation over the past year. At…

Employers:    Neubert Painting Inc., Brook Park, Ohio                         John Neubert, ownerAction:           U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigationInvestigation: The department’s Wage and Hour Division…

The world of work is changing all the time. Technology is driving innovation and productivity, leading to the creation of new industries and employment opportunities. This means people need new skills to meet the demands of an…

Have you noticed the massive gap between consumer and business apps on your phone? While consumer apps are both beautifully designed and easy to use, business apps are simply painful to use. A European startup is developing a suite…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study has shown that people modify their behavior to accommodate autonomous delivery robots, and…

Posted by Maribel Alonso, Public Affairs Specialist, ARS Office of Communications in…

Smoking harms nearly every organ in the body and causes many diseases. Credit: CDC/Debora Cartagena Take a puff of nicotine for the first…

Conservation and reforestation of tropical forests are two well-proven nature-based climate solutions that can reduce atmospheric carbon. Here, a recently cut section…

1. IntroductionFor a while now, a significant part of young people’s interactions and activities has been occurring online . Consequently, the role of youth work in the digital lives of young individuals has gained importance, a trend…

Details are still emerging about the disaster that happened in the early morning of March 26, 2024, when the Dali, a large cargo ship on its way out of the port of Baltimore, hit a major bridge and caused it to collapse. The…

LOOK, I’ve got nothing up my sleeves. There are magic tricks that work by sleight of hand, relying on the skill of the performer and a little psychology. Then there are so-called self-working magic tricks, which are…

The prestigious accolade reflects the company’s commitment to building an exceptional workplace cultureMANILA, Philippines – Leading global hospitality company Hilton (NYSE: HLT) has been recognized once again as one of the best…

Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin end warmups before every Colorado Avalanche game the same way. MacKinnon sets up in the left circle. Drouin finds a spot on the right side of the ice, armed with a couple handfuls of pucks he’s…

The Albanese government will tell the Fair Work Commission it should ensure the real wages of low paid workers do not go backwards. In its submission to the Annual Wage Review, the government stresses the July 1 tax cut should be…

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The passage of Proposition 1 by California voters adds rocket fuel to Governor Gavin Newsom’s transformational overhaul of the state’s behavioral health system. These reforms refocus existing funds to prioritize…

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A biologist in a rainforest making observations on indigenous frogs, an engineer maintaining utility equipment, and a citizen scientist taking water samples from a creek are all doing fieldwork. Their…

For Release WednesdayMarch 20, 2024 Getting the 988 and 911 emergency telephone systems to work in concert requires detailed planning and close cooperation, and such efforts may benefit from having one or two people at the…

NEW YORK, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ABM (NYSE: ABM), a leading provider of integrated facility services, infrastructure solutions, and parking management, today announced it has been ranked among the 25 Best Companies for…

The studied Tanzanian mountain ranges. (A) Meru. (B) North Pare with Kindoroko in the background. (C) Kilimanajaro. (D) Vumari in South Pare. (E) South Pare with…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease, was…

It’s commonly accepted that women do the vast majority of caregiving in Australian society. But less appreciated is that Indigenous women do larger amounts of unpaid care than any other group. Working with the Aboriginal and Torres…

On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, was withdrawn from the market. And in early March, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision regarding whether to approve a…

On Jan. 31, aducanumab, a pricey drug approved for treatment of early-stage Alzheimer's disease, was withdrawn from the market. And in early March, the Food and Drug Administration delayed its decision regarding whether to approve…

Around one in five British people of working age (16-64) are now outside the labour market. Neither in work nor looking for work, they are officially labelled as “economically inactive”. Some of those 9.2 million people are in…

The clean energy transition is already underway, but how do we make sure it happens in a manner that is affordable, sustainable, and fair for everyone? That was the overarching question at this year’s MIT Energy…

Dear Amy: I am a manager at my job. Last June, a new employee transferred from a different unit. She was very upset the first couple of days. She also had a fear of reporting to her new supervisor (not me) because she thought she “looked…

1. IntroductionThe Work Ability Index (WAI) is a questionnaire for the self-assessment of working capacity. It is used in occupational healthcare to reveal how well a worker can perform his or her work. It was developed in the late…