AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoHiring and Training: Worker shortages are forcing a Red Bay restaurant to delay opening until 4 p.m., while an Upstate South Carolina hospital is expanding nursing training to help address a severe staffing gap. A Bangladesh job fair placed 323 people. Pay and Mobility: Job switchers’ wage growth reached 4.4% in September, ahead of 3.5% for workers who stayed, but low quit rates suggest many lack the confidence to move. AI and Skills: A new warning for employers: automating junior roles may cut off the on-the-job learning needed to develop experienced technicians. Workplace Conditions: Spanish bank workers are preparing demonstrations over pay, workloads and AI’s effects on jobs; in Brazil, Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has reversed course and backs a proposal to end the common six-day workweek. Layoffs and Compliance: XM Cyber has laid off most of its Israeli workforce after selling its technology to CrowdStrike, while Microsoft plans to close its Nairobi engineering center. Employers also face a $400,000 award against an HR firm over a job applicant’s request to bring a service dog.
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