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Bill Gates Predicts AI Will Eliminate Most Jobs

Bill Gates Predicts AI Will Eliminate Most Jobs

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence technology will replace workplace positions except for three specific fields. At a current tech event Bill Gates explained how AI would transform work and business operations. Gates

Sikkim Makes Labour ID Card Mandatory for Migrant Workers

Sikkim Makes Labour ID Card Mandatory for Migrant Workers

The Sikkim government requires every migrant worker to hold a Labour ID Card for official verification. The authorities want to control the growing migration numbers and keep criminal individuals from coming to the state. All

African Nations Turn to Labor Export as Economic Strategy

African Nations Turn to Labor Export as Economic Strategy

Reuters reported that several African countries including Kenya adopted systematic exporting of workers as their new development strategy after Asian countries led by the Philippines and Bangladesh also used this method. Under Labor Minister Alfred

TVVP Contract Workers to Stage Protest Over Salary Dues on February 19

TVVP Contract Workers to Stage Protest Over Salary Dues on February 19

The TVVP contract workers intend to start a protest outside the TVVP Commissioner's property on February 19 to demand payment of their unpaid salaries that have built up over time. On February 19 approximately 4,000

Meta Initiates Performance-Based Layoffs, Targeting 5% of Global Workforce

Meta Initiates Performance-Based Layoffs, Targeting 5% of Global Workforce

Meta Platforms takes another staffing reduction today by axing 5% of employee positions worldwide through performance-based job cuts. The technology firm started contacting staff at 5 AM PST and planned to touch 4,000 employees worldwide

Samsung India Workers’ Strike Intensifies Over Employee Suspensions in Tamil Nadu

Samsung India Workers’ Strike Intensifies Over Employee Suspensions in Tamil Nadu

For four straight days, Samsung India has been experiencing a work stoppage at its Tamil Nadu plant because employees refuse to come to work. On February 5, the workers initiated their protest because Samsung India

Lidl GB put up the pay of store workers by 2.8% above inflation rate

Lidl GB put up the pay of store workers by 2.8% above inflation rate

The UK government declared a planned national minimum wage with an increase to £12.21 which will come into effect in April 2025. Following this announcement the German Supermarket Chain and a British arm, Lidl put

Amazon Faces Critical Union Vote at North Carolina Facility

Amazon Faces Critical Union Vote at North Carolina Facility

CNN reported, more than 4,000 Amazon employees in Garner, North Carolina, start voting Monday in a union election that could create only the second unionized Amazon facility in the United States. Sponsored by the Carolina

January Jobs Report Expected to Show Slower Hiring, Steady Unemployment

January Jobs Report Expected to Show Slower Hiring, Steady Unemployment

At 8:30 AM ET on Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the U.S. labor market expansion data. There will be a change in the format of the data to indicate the slowing down

Pakistan: Power employees stage protest for salary hike

Pakistan: Power employees stage protest for salary hike

Electricity sector employees staged a protest to demand a rise in their wages in Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Carrying national and workers' rights flags, employees protested under the banner of the All Pakistan Wapda Hydro