In each of the four complaints, non-licensed staff arranged a job offer, supported by a labour market impact assessment, for a client who never applied for the position or attended an interview. The roles ranged from fast-food counter and supervisor jobs to a restaurant supervisor post and a retail supervisor position. The consultant maintained that … Read more
More than half of job changers admit to ghosting an employer at some point, according to one new survey. A separate national survey finds candidates reporting the opposite. It found that employers are going quiet on them, sometimes after a signed contract. So, where does the silent treatment originate? Both surveys suggest that the offer-to-start … Read more
The report estimates that around 9-17 per cent of India’s non-agricultural work tasks are exposed to Gen-AI-driven automation, depending on the level of task complexity the technology is able to perform. New Delhi, Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen-AI) could substitute 8-12 per cent of India’s non-agricultural employment, while complementing 42-48 per cent of the workforce by … Read more
As leaders responsible for helping global organizations adopt AI, we spend our days discussing transformation strategies. Yet it wasn’t until we looked at workforce composition alongside automation exposure that the pattern became impossible to ignore. Women are more exposed to AI disruption and are less likely to experiment with the tools. We strongly believe in … Read more
People have always been at the heart of HR’s work—which is why some HR leaders are feeling especially challenged in the age of AI, says Kelly Jones, chief people officer of Cisco. The pressure is on for HR to move far and move fast with AI. And that urgency is creating a divide. On one … Read more
When it comes to salary budget increases in 2027, a new survey found that employers will continue the trend of shifting toward more targeted, performance-driven pay strategies. According to WTW’s latest Salary Budget Planning Report, average salary increase budgets for U.S. companies in 2027 are expected to remain stable at 3.4%, slightly lower than 2026’s … Read more
BMW employs about 154,000 people worldwide and the offer would be open to German employees in desk-based roles, the source said. Frankfurt, Premium carmaker BMW is to offer almost half its German staff voluntary redundancy in a bid to cut 8,000 jobs by the end of 2027, a company source told AFP Wednesday. About 40,000 … Read more
Current federal income tax rules could give employer-sponsored health plans $6.6 trillion in subsidies over the 10-year period from 2027 through 2036, and $7.1 trillion in subsidies over the period from 2026 through 2036, according to a new report posted by the Congressional Budget Office. Budget analysts last prepared a comparable report in 2023. The new 10-year, … Read more
CBA posted a net profit of $5.44 billion for the first half of the 2025–26 financial year, up 6% year on year. The union argues the bank has no financial justification for the scale of reductions. What CBA’s AI job cuts mean for HR leaders The CBA situation raises a question for HR teams across … Read more
The average total payment per user for GLP-1 medications more than doubled for adults who don’t have diabetes from 2017 to 2022. This comes from a new Northwestern University study that says the findings raise questions about the long-term affordability of drugs that many patients may take for an extended period of time. Those questions became … Read more