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A poll of 2,000 Americans aged 16-28 finds two-thirds believe skilled trades offer a faster route to a $100k salary than college, citing hands-on experience and avoiding student debt. The survey, commissioned by a workwear brand supporting trades, also notes many young people still hold outdated stereotypes about trade work.
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A construction firm director has been jailed after a 30-year-old labourer suffocated when a trench collapsed during a home extension project. Peter Clifford pleaded guilty to gross negligence manslaughter and health and safety offences and was sentenced to eight years and 10 months in prison. He was also banned from acting as a company director for 10 years.
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Rep. Mark Takano and Sen. Bernie Sanders reintroduced the Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act, which would phase in a 32-hour federal overtime threshold over four years without cutting pay or benefits. For California, the bill would expand existing overtime protections but could raise labor costs for employers with overtime-heavy schedules. The proposal remains in committee and has backing from major labor unions.
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A UK watchdog report warns that Border Force plans to cut 563 staff could result in skills and knowledge gaps and a loss of the wrong personnel in key areas. The report also cites a lack of clarity over who is accountable for achieving the workforce reductions, and the Home Office accepted its three recommendations.
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The article reports that lower-paid, hourly workers who switched jobs saw their fastest wage growth in over three years in July, according to a Bank of America Institute report. It also notes that many workers still face stagnant minimum wage and inflation-eroded purchasing power, and that white-collar workers are increasingly 'job-hugging' amid AI automation.
A health report describes a mysterious chronic kidney disease of unknown cause, known as CKDu or Mesoamerican nephropathy, that has affected young and middle-aged agricultural workers in Central America and South Asia and appears to have surfaced among workers in Texas. Houston physicians are reportedly treating more men in their 20s and 30s for kidney failure without traditional risk factors such as diabetes or hypertension.
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A finance director was dismissed after complaining his £30,000 annual bonus was unfair. An employment tribunal ruled the dismissal was a 'redundancy sham' and awarded him £118,223 in compensation.
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A report finds that lower-paid U.S. workers who change jobs are seeing their fastest wage growth in more than three years. The item briefly notes that one group of workers is benefiting as they switch jobs.
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Pope Leo XIV marked his 71st birthday by issuing decrees that repealed 2021 Vatican salary cuts imposed by Pope Francis and halted Francis's plan to move secret archives and library holdings out of Vatican City. He also inaugurated a new library exhibition on water.
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A new study finds entry-level tech job postings in New York City fell 49% between 2022 and 2025, with sharp declines also in administrative, business, financial, and media roles. City Comptroller Mark Levine warned that AI may be eroding the bottom rung of the career ladder and called for stronger city fiscal safeguards.