Labor economy
U.S. health department plans to slash 10,000 jobs as RFK Jr. upends agencies
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, March 24, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to slash 10,000 full-time employees across different departments, as […]
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Treasury Department is set to lay off a ‘substantial’ number of employees, official says
People take pictures of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 6, 2025. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images The Treasury Department is planning to furlough a “substantial” level of its workforce in conjunction with Elon Musk’s efforts to shrink the size of the federal government, according to a court document. […]
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Roche abandons global diversity targets on concern over U.S. executive orders
Sheldon Cooper | Lightrocket | Getty Images Swiss drugmaker Roche has abandoned global targets for a more diverse workforce to avoid penalties from recent U.S. executive orders, the latest in a slew of companies to do so. Among measures taken, Roche said its Chief Diversity Offices in the U.S. and at its Basel headquarters “will […]
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Operation Hope CEO issues a warning on AI: ‘If you don’t bring people with you, they’ll fight you, or worse’
John Hope Bryant, CEO of nonprofit Operation HOPE, speaks during a panel at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE on March 12, 2025. John Hope Bryant, CEO of Operation Hope, warned on Wednesday that the risk of jobs being eliminated by artificial intelligence will disproportionately impact those “at the bottom of the pyramid.” He urged governments to invest […]
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Unions ask court to stop DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans
“Close up photograph of Social Security cards against currency background, selective focus.Similar Images:” Richcano | E+ | Getty Images A group of labor unions are asking a federal court for an emergency order to stop Elon Musk ‘s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing the sensitive Social Security data of millions of Americans. The motion for emergency relief was […]
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DOGE layoffs may ‘overwhelm’ unemployment system for federal workers, report finds
Key Points The Trump administration — with the help of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, which the president says is headed by Elon Musk — has fired tens of thousands of federal workers. The scale of cuts will likely be flood the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) with claims and […]
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Trump lawyer Habba on fired veterans: ‘Perhaps they’re not fit to have a job at this moment’
(L-R) Attorney Alina Habba speaks as US former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on during a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City on September 6, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump’s top lawyer Alina Habba on Tuesday questioned whether some military veterans fired from […]
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Trump administration, Musk’s DOGE plan to fire nearly all CFPB staff and wind down agency, employees say
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, according to testimony from employees. In a trove of […]
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‘The knowledge economy is on the way out.’ These are the skills workers will need in the age of AI, says LinkedIn
Artificial intelligence is a turning point forcing us to rethink not just what work is, but what it means to be human at work, according to a LinkedIn specialist. Drazen_ | E+ | Getty Images Artificial intelligence is disrupting global industries and workforces, but it may also set in motion an entirely new economy. Although […]
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Lawsuit challenges Musk ‘resignation’ threat to federal workers
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on Feb. 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images A newly amended lawsuit challenges a threat by Elon Musk to federal workers, which warned them over social […]
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