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The Green Workforce Conversation with Neil Yeo: How Sustainability Shapes Tomorrow Whats the buzz about the green workforce, and how does sustainability tie into every corner of our lives and careers? In this episode of The Future of Work Podcast, we dive deep with Neil Yeoh , Founder & CEO of OnePointFive , a Forbes Next 1000-awarded Climate Advisory and Academy with a global network of 700+ sustainability professionals across 45 countries.
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Immigrant farmworkers are preparing for incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s promise of mass deportations, including by assigning guardians for their children if they are detained, according to groups providing them legal support. Rising demand for such legal services reflects anxiety that Trump will follow through on a campaign vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants once he is sworn in to office Jan. 20, something that could have an outsized impact on the country’s agri
The State Department began firing more than 1,350 U.S-based employees on Friday as the administration of President Donald Trump presses ahead with an unprecedented overhaul of its diplomatic corps, a move critics say will undermine U.S. ability to defend and promote U.S. interests abroad. The layoffs, which affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers based in the United States, come at a time when Washington is grappling with multiple crisis on the world stage: Russia’s war
Brazil’s unemployment rate rose in the quarter through February as more people actively looked for jobs, official data showed on Friday, with analysts pointing to a still tight labor market as job creation last month exceeded forecasts. Unemployment in Latin America’s largest economy hit 6.8% in the three months through February, statistics agency IBGE said, up from the 6.1% registered in the previous rolling quarter and matching economists’ expectations in a Reuters poll.
Canada’s unemployment rate unexpectedly fell again and the economy posted solid job gains, data showed on Friday, in signs that joblessness was starting to ease from an eight-year peak, barring the pandemic years, in November. The January unemployment rate was 6.6%, a notch below the 6.7% seen in the prior month, and the economy added a net 76,000 jobs, down from a revised 91,000 jobs added in December but still a robust gain.
Japan’s December inflation-adjusted real wages rose 0.6% year-on-year thanks to a wintertime bonus bump, preliminary government data showed on Wednesday, with government officials expressing optimism that wage hike momentum ahead is growing. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sees strong wage growth as key to supporting a fragile economic recovery, while the Bank of Japan has said sustained, broad-based wage hikes are a prerequisite for pushing up borrowing costs.
U.S. federal employees have shown increased productivity, engagement, and retention while working remotely, with data supporting higher job satisfaction and work quality. The U.S. Department of Labor’s mandate to return to the office threatens the balance that telework provides, creating logistical issues and potential morale problems among workers whove adapted to remote work.
Amazon.com will implement safety measures at all of its U.S. facilities to settle a federal agency’s claims that it failed to prevent workers from developing back problems and other ergonomic injuries, the agency said on Thursday. Amazon settled a series of complaints by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) involving 10 facilities across the country, which were set to go to trial before administrative judges next year, OSHA said in a release.
The U.K.’s Labour government has introduced the Employment Rights Bill, which includes 28 reforms to strengthen worker protections and business practices, with most provisions taking effect in 2026. The bill introduces sweeping changes, including abolishing exploitative practices, providing day-one rights for dismissal and leave, making flexible working the default, expanding sick pay, and enhancing support for working families.
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Most coworking operators underestimate hidden costs like staff time, travel, and legal fees, which quietly erode profitability. Services like coffee and meeting rooms often lose money unless priced with full cost awareness, including labor and overhead. Integrated tech systems streamline operations, cut waste, and give operators the visibility needed to run a truly profitable business.
Diverse global teams are not a future concept that’s growing alongside increasing acceptance of remote work, but a present-day reality: One-third of employees at U.S. multinational companies are based overseas Teams stretched across continents and time zones help facilitate access to broader talent pools and emerging markets. From Tokyo to Toronto, remote and hybrid work are redefining what’s possible — and reshaping how and where work happens.
AI is reshaping coworking by boosting efficiency, cutting waste, and helping operators make faster, data-backed decisions. Operators using AI are optimizing space, predicting churn, and adjusting pricing faster than those relying on guesswork. A clear divide is forming as AI tools quietly switch coworking performance benchmarks around occupancy and profitability.
All American exports to China worth $140.7 billion last year now face a retaliatory Chinese tariff of at least 125%, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of American jobs that support the exports, the US-China Business Council said on Tuesday. China imposed a 125% tariff rate on U.S. exports on April 11 to retaliate against a 145% tariff that the U.S. government levied on Chinese goods, in an unprecedented escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that threaten to den
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday his administration is set to change the employment classifications of tens of thousands of federal workers, a move governance experts say will make it easier to carry out more mass layoffs. Trump said on social media that moving forward, career government employees who work on policy matters will be classified as “schedule policy/career.” This change would ensure the federal government will finally be “run like a business,” Trump
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Britain plans to ban non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that are used by employers to silence those who are subject to harassment or discrimination, as part of a broader bill to protect workers’ rights, the government said on Monday. The government is due to table amendments to its employment rights bill, which is passing through parliament, to void NDAs which are used by employers against employees who have been subjected to harassment, including sexual harassment or discrimination in the w
Starting July 1, 2025, large retail and grocery employers in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will be required to comply with a sweeping new ordinance aimed at providing more predictable schedules and protections for workers, according to the California Labor and Employment Law Blog. The Fair Work Week Ordinance targets companies with 300 or more employees nationwide, introducing a set of rules that aim to improve transparency, stability, and fairness in scheduling practices.
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Australia’s independent wage-setting body on Tuesday raised the national minimum wage by 3.5% effective July 1, a real wage increase for about 2.6 million workers on the lowest pay as inflationary pressures ease in the economy. The minimum rate will rise to A$24.94 ($16.19) per hour, resulting in an extra A$1,670 in a year for full-time employees, according to the Fair Work Commission’s (FWC) annual review.
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The CEO of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin announced in an all-hands call on Thursday company-wide layoffs of “about 10 percent” of its employees, a sweeping readjustment as it aims to cut costs and ramp up rocket launches. The layoffs affect roughly 1,400 of the company’s nearly 14,000 employees mostly concentrated in Florida, Texas and Washington and comes as Blue Origin starts production of its giant New Glenn rocket, which had its first long-awaited debut launch last month.
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits decreased last week, suggesting the labor market remained stable early in February. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 7,000 to a seasonally adjusted 213,000 for the week ended February 8, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 215,000 claims for the latest week.
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Google aims to release commercial quantum computing applications within five years, Google’s head of quantum told Reuters on Wednesday, in a challenge to Nvidia’s predictions of a 20-year wait. “Were optimistic that within five years well see real-world applications that are possible only on quantum computers,” founder and lead of Google Quantum AI Hartmut Neven said in a statement.
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