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WHAT'S NEXT?: AI will replace 16% of jobs over the next decade. A billion people will enter the job market over the next ten years.

• [New] SINGAPORE - Lower-wage outsourced workers such as cleaners, security officers and landscape maintenance workers will enjoy more annual leave from 2029, when the minimum leave entitlement will be increased from seven to 10 days. ST
• [New] The NAO highlights that AI and digital technologies are expected to deliver £45 billion in annual efficiencies, with 76% of civil servants anticipating AI will change their jobs within five years. UKAuthority
• [New] A Swedish study by researchers at the Karolinska Institute, tracking more than 13,000 shift workers, including night shift workers, for up to 41 years, found that shift work in mid-life was associated with a 36% higher risk of dementia - with the risk rising the longer someone had worked shifts. BBC News
• [New] Approximately 2.1 million manufacturing jobs are projected to remain unfilled by 2030. Persistence Market Research
• [New] U.S. requires over 3.8 million new manufacturing workers by 2033, underpinning sustained tooling demand. Persistence Market Research
• [New] AI now cuts across every industry in Australia, from how organizations hire and develop talent, to how individuals build skills and plan long-term careers. Hays Australia
• [New] Amazon, an early adopter of robotic automation, is expected to flatten its hiring curve over the next decade, which could have a profound impact on blue-collar jobs and influence the likes of Walmart and UPS to follow a similar model. CMC Markets
• [New] Psychiatry workforce adequacy ranked in last place among twenty additional specialties in 2026 and 2038. PubMed
• [New] By 2038, the states with the lowest psychiatry workforce adequacy were Kentucky (25.2%), Indiana (26.8%), and Mississippi (28.3%). PubMed
• [New] By the time TSMC's third fab is completed, an analysis by McKinsey and SEMI project predicts the shortage of skilled chip workers to reach 157,000. theregister
• [New] Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC will invest another $100bn (£74bn) in Arizona as it expands its production in the US, a move the Commerce Department said will create tens of thousands of American jobs. BBC News
• [New] That 38% of the US jobs lost to genAI by 2030 will come from office and administrative support occupations (which includes customer service representative jobs). Forrester
• [New] Within WHO's Second European Programme of Work 2026-2030, driving climate health action and protecting populations from environmental risk is a key priority that is closely tied to maximizing health security. World Health Organization: WHO
• [New] Presently, in the US alone, 11.7% of American jobs are directly threatened by AI. Unlimited Hangout
• [New] In five to 10 years AI will likely be seen as just another flavour in the evolution of advancing technologies in the workforce. Campus Technology
• [New] By 2030, heat stress is projected to reduce global working hours by 2.2%, equivalent to roughly 80 million full-time jobs and $2.4 trillion in annual economic losses. Forbes
• [New] Employment is projected to grow 8% through 2034, much faster than average, with roughly 40,100 openings each year, driven by new construction and increasingly sophisticated climate systems. metaintro
• 85% of jobs that will exist by 2026 have not yet been invented, indicating a landscape of unprecedented change. Talynce
• If AI removes the labour cap and space removes the energy cap, sustained 20-30% GDP growth - and a company capturing a huge share of a projected ~ $11 trillion AI buildout - becomes conceivable. NextBigFuture.com
• The global demand for tech-related skills is projected to increase by 40% by 2026, driven by advancements in AI and automation. Talynce
• With the global demand for tech-related skills expected to increase by 40% by 2026, advanced digital literacy will be paramount. Talynce

Last updated: 20 July 2026