Show threadDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Jun 2
2 But scale cuts both ways. As some #firms grow and others get disrupted, we will over time see a meaningful impact on the US #labormarket. #AI #usecon
CBC ManitobaJun 1
Employment insurance helping fewer Canadians as workforce shifts to gig work, part-time jobs, new report finds
In its latest poverty report card, Food Banks Canada says the labour market has shifted toward part-time, temporary and contract work, while EI only caters to a shrinking workforce that has stable, full-time work with a single employer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/food-banks-canada-ei-report-9.7218767?cmp=rss
readuncutMay 25

Only 2% of executives attributed major staff reductions to actual AI deployment. 60% made cuts in anticipation of efficiencies that have not arrived. AI was the leading reason cited for U.S. job cuts in March and April 2026: 49,135 cuts through April alone.

https://readuncut.com/94-will-keep-spending-on-ai-even-when-it-fails/

#Layoffs #JobCuts #AIimpact #WorkersRights #LaborMarket #Employment #EconomicPolicy

94% will keep spending on AI even when it fails

Somewhere on the 40th floor of a building you would recognize, a room full of people who could not create an email account without calling someone from IT is making the largest capital allocation decisions in the history of American business. They are the board of directors, the people with

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nicolaMay 22
New research shows which jobs, regions most at risk from AI
The structural shift is shifting geographic boundaries. A comprehensive macroeconomic study isolates the precise white-collar sectors and logistical hubs facing immediate disruption as automated workforce platforms achieve native multi-tier task execution.
#FutureOfWork #Macroeconomics #Automation #TechImpact #LaborMarket #EmploymentTrends
https://www.technology-news-channel.com/new-research-shows-which-jobs-regions-most-at-risk-from-ai/
New research shows which jobs, regions most at risk from AI

New research from the Society of Human Resource Management shows which regions and jobs are most at risk from artificial[...]

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The Times Of Central Asia | Eurasian Publication & News Online [Unofficial]May 12

Kazakhstan Faces Shortage of Doctors and IT Specialists

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://timesca.com/kazakhstan-faces-shortage-of-doctors-and-it-specialists/

FllicsMay 8

Live: Nonfarm payrolls rise 115,000, blowing past expectations | Yahoo Finance

#jobsreport #labormarket #unemployment US job growth continued to strengthen in April as the unemployment rate remained flat, offering another sign that the labor market might be stabilizing. Payrolls rose by 115,000 last month, and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.3%. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had estimated a median gain of 65,000 jobs following March’s blockbuster increase of…

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-nonfarm-payrolls-rise-115000-blowing-past-expectations-yahoo-finance/

Live: Nonfarm payrolls rise 115,000, blowing past expectations | Yahoo Finance

#jobsreport #labormarket #unemployment US job growth continued to strengthen in April as the unemployment rate remained flat, offering another sign that the labor market might be stabilizing. Payrolls rose by 115,000 last month, and the unemployment rate stayed at 4.3%. Economists surveyed by Bloo

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readuncutMay 7

A CEOWORLD survey of 125,000 business leaders found that 88% of executives making compensation cuts said the weak job market makes it easier to reduce pay without losing talent, the kind of confession that in a previous century might have been whispered behind a closed door but which they felt comfortable saying on the record. https://readuncut.com/the-ai-bet-corporate-america-actually-made-it-wasnt-productivity/

#AI #WageSupression #CEOSurvey #LaborMarket

AI Layoffs and Wage Compression: The Bet Corporate America Made

AI gave corporate America a way to gut headcount and get applauded for it. An NBER study found only 2% of execs attributed cuts to actual AI, but 60% cut in anticipation of efficiencies that haven't arrived. The bet was never productivity. It was permanent wage compression with better PR.

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N-gated Hacker NewsMay 4
🎩✨ Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation: working may—or may not—be good for your brain 🧠. Thank goodness for labor market shocks to make this earth-shattering discovery possible. 🙄 Meanwhile, the rest of us will just keep doing our #crosswords and hope for the best. 📰🔍
https://www.nber.org/papers/w35117 #workingbrain #revelation #labormarket #news #HackerNews #ngated
Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

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Hacker NewsMay 4

Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

https://www.nber.org/papers/w35117

#HackerNews #Employment #CognitiveDecline #LaborMarket #Shocks #Research #NBER

Does Employment Slow Cognitive Decline? Evidence from Labor Market Shocks

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

NBER
NERDS.xyz – Real Tech News for Real Nerds [Unofficial]May 1

Washington insiders admit AI is slipping beyond government control

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/ai-regulation-policy-insiders-warning/