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96% of young carers say laptops improve their education, research finds
65% said the laptop helped them balance education with caring responsibilities, research from the Digital Poverty Alliance found.
Technology
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Zest expands employee benefits platform into Sweden
The expansion follows demand from customers for its employee benefits technology in international markets.
Education & Training
The emotional labour of AI adoption is landing on middle managers
Debbie Green explores the pressures AI-driven change places on middle managers and the support they need to navigate it.
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Ankura launches ‘AI by Design’ to support workplace AI adoption
The AI by Design practice will serve clients across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), focusing on AI strategy, governance and workforce transformation.
Compensation & Benefits
UK AI roles offer salaries of up to £325,000, research reveals
The analysis found roles where AI takes on routine work were seeing wage growth 42% faster than average.
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Third of workers lack confidence in basic digital tasks, research finds
Spreadsheets were named as the most important workplace digital skill by 42% of respondents, but 29% were not confident using Excel or Google Sheets.
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du partners with Sapia.ai to introduce AI-powered recruitment
he partnership will use Sapia.ai’s conversational assessment platform to support recruitment across corporate and frontline roles.
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LearnAmp rebrands as Cezanne Learning
The rebrand marks the next step in its plans to connect employee learning and development more closely with core HR operations.
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95% of restaurant managers say AI rota scheduling is effective, study finds
57% of managers believed employees felt mostly positive about shifts being generated by software rather than a person, according to Toast.
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70% of female freelancers plan to remain self-employed, data finds
Women were more likely than men to stay freelance because they enjoyed their work, at 70% compared with 59%, according to research from Malt and IPSE.
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Children more likely than adults to embrace robots in the workplace, study finds
58% of children were excited about working alongside a robot, compared with 28% of adults, according to research from Hexagon.
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Over half of UK employers holding off on AI in recruitment, report reveals
The UK is also seeing greater caution among candidates, with 28% saying AI evaluation would make them significantly less likely to apply for a role, compared with 23% globally.