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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] Biden's once-in-a-generation effort to tackle climate change and create jobs could kill jobs, too, specifically the steady, fixed-location work provided by coal mines and power plants.
[New] Floating city states could mean new jobs that will attract the oppressed masses and may generate enough wealth to address global poverty.
[New] The sheer scope of the Biden administration's clean energy plans will require creating jobs across multiple industries, including construction, grid modernization and demand-response companies that cut energy costs by shifting power consumption.
[New] Labor groups are already growing nervous that Biden's plan will eliminate the kind of steady, fixed-location jobs provided by coal mines or fossil fuel power plants, and instead will lead to temporary construction jobs that require mobility.
[New] Along with the American Jobs Plan, the Biden Administration laid out the Made in America Tax Plan which proposes changes that will raise over $2 trillion over the next 15 years.
[New] National Cabinet agreed that the new ATAGI advice will require a recalibration of the Australian Vaccination Strategy for future phases, with changes worked through in consultation with states, territories and medical experts over the coming weeks.
[New] Most countries did not have anywhere near enough shots of any vaccine to cover health workers and others at high risk from exposure to the virus, which has killed almost 3 million people around the world.
[New] As vaccinations continue, jobs gains are expected in the second quarter of the year with more Americans returning to daily life.
[New] The discretionary request invests $1.9 billion in a Building Clean Energy Projects and Workforce Initiative at DOE to begin the vital task of achieving carbon pollution free electricity by 2035 while creating good-paying new jobs.
[New] Labour-saving technology increases productivity, but a rapidly growing service sector for elder care will absorb workers displaced by automation, which does not work for elder care.
[New] In some situations, the Americans with Disabilities Act may require an employer to consider a reasonable accommodation for employees who are at high risk due to a pre-existing disability.
[New] Amazon has now developed a plan to provide free cloud computing skills training to 29 million people globally by 2025, expanding existing programmes and piloting new ones to meet emerging training needs.
[New] The American Jobs Plan would invest in that heavily to have 500,000 EV chargers publicly available by 2030, in addition to electrifying transit and federal vehicles.
[New] Biden's American Jobs Plan pledges investment across a broad swath of infrastructure in part to reverse what the American Society of Civil Engineers recently said is a $2.6 trillion infrastructure funding gap.
[New] Gartner forecasts the highest growth, on a global scale, will come from devices such as laptops, desktops, tablets, and mobile phones and enterprise software (up 10.8%) as organisations shift their focus to providing a more comfortable, innovative and productive environment for their workforce.
[New] Who prevails could gain a political edge in the debate over the Biden administration's $ 2.3-trillion plan to address a post-pandemic world and give American workers and companies the tools they need to compete with China.
[New] By 2023 workers completing more than 48 hours a week would receive overtime, and by 2024 workers completing more than 40 hours a week would receive overtime.
[New] Innovative Financial Initiatives for Africa will help close adaptation finance gaps, enhance access to existing finance and mobilize new public and private sector investment.
[New] Since emissions are free in the U.S. and many other countries, a Canadian carbon price could prompt industry to relocate to jurisdictions with weaker environmental standards - eliminating Canadian jobs and increasing global emissions.
[New] Coregas is actively supporting innovations that will drive a clean energy future for Australia and is proud to be working with local players achieving significant milestones towards a cleaner energy future.
[New] With nearly 7 million job openings and 10 million workers unemployed in the United States, creating an effective training and retraining program is a high-impact opportunity.
[New] The American Jobs Plan, a comprehensive proposal aimed at increasing investment in infrastructure, the production of clean energy, the care economy, and other priorities.

Last updated: 11 April 2021

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