Tag: North America

Canadian public sector workers are entering 2026 with stricter expectations around in-office work. Several provinces are ending broad hybrid policies, while others continue to review their approach. The result is ...

The labor market cooled during a rollercoaster year for the economy and financial markets, and 2026 should start off slow but then improve later in the year, according to JPMorgan. ...

Americans filed the fewest new jobless claims in a month last week, and while the number of unemployed workers collecting relief payments has eased from recent highs, there is little ...

For years, automation research has focused on which jobs might disappear. New evidence published in Nature suggests a different story is unfolding instead: many jobs aren’t vanishing, but rather are ...

Artificial intelligence companies emerged as the most influential force in the U.S. office segment of the commercial real estate market this year, driving a leasing rebound that few other sectors ...

New York employers will need to rethink how they structure job agreements heading into 2026. A new state law signed in December bans employment clauses that require workers to repay ...

The Trump administration has launched investigations into the use of diversity initiatives in hiring and promotion at major U.S. companies, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.  Google and Verizon ...

Predictions abound about which jobs will be automated by AI — but contrary to popular belief, a tech takeover isn’t in full swing yet. In an end-of-year note to investors, ...

The GDP number arrived just before Christmas, wrapped like good news.  The U.S. economy grew at a 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, blowing past economists’ expectations and delivering ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to bar state laws on artificial intelligence that he says slow innovation will face political and legal opposition from states seeking to preserve ...