Sector

employment

Employment is the sector that encompasses the activities and conditions related to the provision of jobs and the hiring of workers by businesses and organizations.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to rising global youth unemployment, concerns over AI-driven job displacement, and a focus on entrepreneurship as a solution.

Latest on employment

  • India has one demographic cycle left: A blueprint to turn youth unemployment into 10 lakh new entrepreneurs
  • ‘Godfather of AI’ warns of mass unemployment: Tech firms are ‘betting on AI replacing a lot of workers’
  • World youth unemployment rate rose last year, U.N. agency says
  • Large firms to be net job losers, small businesses to drive employment: Nandan Nilekani
  • MOM arrests 14 over suspected employment offences involving 'phantom workers'
  • AI development is outpacing the ability of its creators to understand its implications and effects on economies, employment, elections, and security
  • Trump, Sanders and Altman find common ground on public ownership in AI
  • France's data centre ambitions bump up against rural fears

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