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Not AI-driven: Etsy to lay off 12% of its workforce
5+ hour, 37+ min ago (673+ words) CEO says the restructuring is not because of AI or cost-cutting Online marketplace Etsy has announced that it is laying off approximately 12% of its workforce in a move its chief executive officer said was not because of cost cutting and…...
Etsy cuts 220 jobs to sharpen focus and accelerate growth
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (310+ words) The e-commerce platform is cutting 12% of its workforce, with most job losses hitting product and engineering teams Etsy announced Wednesday it’s laying off approximately 220 employees, roughly 12% of its workforce, as the Brooklyn, New York-based e-commerce company restructures to move faster…...
AI seen as 'catalyst of workforce transformation,' report finds
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (412+ words) Leaders expecting AI to reduce, create new roles over the next three years Australian organisations are now looking at artificial intelligence tools as a "catalyst for workforce transformation" despite persisting concerns that it will lead to job losses, according to…...
Luxon apologises for 'parent-child' mentality comments to business leaders
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (555+ words) 'I am sorry if my comments did not properly acknowledge the challenges that many small business owners are facing' Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has apologised to business leaders after his "parent-child mentality" comments in a recent chamber event drew backlash…...
New Zealand's unemployment rate jumps to 11-year high
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (530+ words) High unemployment comes after 'difficult months' for employers New Zealand's unemployment rate hit an 11-year high after reaching 5.6% in the second quarter, a period the government said reflected "difficult months" for employers. The unemployment rate went up to 5.6% in the…...
Councillor urges billionaire to hand out paycheques to laid-off workers
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (352+ words) A city councillor is calling on billionaire Jim Pattison to personally distribute final paycheques to roughly 300 workers losing their jobs as Canfor closes its Northwood Pulp Mill. Coun. Brian Skakun, a former Canfor employee, made the request at a July 28 news…...
MERAS dismisses settlement offer, lands a steep employment court costs uplift
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (189+ words) It called a $50,000 settlement offer excessive, then got hit with an even bigger costs bill Chief Judge Christina Inglis ordered a midwives' union on 31 July 2026 to pay over $75,000 after it rejected a $50,000 settlement offer. When costs came to be decided,…...
Employer never mandated the vaccine - tribunal found the injury compensable
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (342+ words) No mandate, no policy, a jab on a day off - and the tribunal still tied it to the job An employer never mandated the COVID-19 vaccine. A tribunal has still found the injury that followed is compensable under the workers…...
AI skills matter, but executives are hiring for something else
5+ hour, 42+ min ago (984+ words) A new C-suite survey found most executives want more than AI fluency alone when it comes to hiring and promoting talent Employers have made no secret of wanting workers who know how to use AI. A new survey suggests that…...
Is full-time WFH working out?
5+ hour, 47+ min ago (428+ words) Remote work research draws a hard line between two days out of office and five, and it matters Most of the mandate debate lumps every arrangement short of five office days a week into one bucket labelled "not really working....