article thumbnail

Why India’s Growing Female Workforce Is Actually A Bad Sign

Allwork

The report also emphasized that policies focusing solely on GDP growth might not necessarily accelerate job creation. If the increase in women’s participation in the workforce is driven by distress rather than genuine opportunities, it could indicate a lack of quality job opportunities and a potential for economic instability.

2022 147
article thumbnail

Forget Basic AI Tools, Digital Clones Will Be The Next Big Workforce Disruptor

Allwork

There could (and honestly should) be a rejection of widespread acceptance of digitally cloned employees without a rigorous examination of ethical considerations and privacy protection policies.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Will The U.S. Executive Order Regulating AI Stifle The Future Of Work?

Allwork

In the early days of social media, the federal government failed to create regulations on data collection until the Data Protection Act of 2018 and modern consumers are still dealing with the widespread dissemination of misinformation that the government is continuing to try and curtail.

Agencies 189
article thumbnail

The New Tax Law: Freelancers Win on Taxes, Lose on Healthcare

Small Business Labs

That proposed bill tightly limited who could take advantage of the pass-through provision. This deduction, coupled with new, lower tax rates means most freelancers should pay less in Federal taxes in 2018 than they would have under the former tax code.   This is a major change from the original House bill. This is not good news. 

2018 184
article thumbnail

How Trumpcare Will Impact Self-Employment

Small Business Labs

The quick summary is self-employed who are younger or have higher incomes will likely be better off under the Republican proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA, a.k.a. As the Kaiser Family Foundation chart below shows  (click to enlarge), there are winners and losers under the ACHA as currently proposed. Trumpcare).

Health 150
article thumbnail

12 documentaries and series that will give you an up-close look at climate change — and some solutions

Ideas.Ted

Gore may not have gotten the policy response he wanted, but the film jump-started a national conversation about our role in global warming. . Long-standing inequalities often distort environmental politics and policies in the US. Doughnut Economics , 2018, directed by TED. Currently available on TED.com ).

UPS 97