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Roughly a quarter of American professionals experience a midcareer stall, going at least five years without a meaningful raise or promotion before peak earning years. Research by the Burning Glass Institute and NYU’s School of Professional Studies tracked 1.3m careers and found early momentum matters: stalled workers averaged 30% wage growth in their first decade, versus 71% for those who kept advancing. Matt Sigelman of Burning Glass said: “You’re not talking about a niche problem”. Hiring slowdowns and managerial layoffs have reduced upward mobility, while strategic skills, nondegree credentials and adjacent pivots can lower stall risk. Public administration showed the highest stall rate, and workers are increasingly seeking certifications, fundraising experience or side careers to improve prospects and earnings resilience.
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UK
Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Marc Bolland, former CEO of Marks & Spencer, to address a youth unemployment crisis which is affecting over 1m young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET). The Milburn Review, led by former Labour health secretary Alan Milburn, estimates this issue costs Britain £125bn annually. Bolland will serve as the lead non-executive director at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and will work with business leaders to create job opportunities for 16-24-year-olds. Meanwhile, analysis from Oxford University's Migration Observatory reveals that 31% of hospitality roles and 34% of admin positions in the UK are occupied by foreign nationals. This trend is particularly pronounced in London, where 64% of hospitality jobs are filled by migrants.
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Portugal is preparing for a significant transport strike tomorrow, which could disrupt major mobility networks and international connections. Union sources indicate that cabin crew, railway personnel, urban transport operators, and medical service professionals will participate. The strike may lead to over 500 flight cancellations or delays, particularly affecting TAP Air Portugal and other carriers. This protest arises from opposition to proposed labour reforms that unions believe threaten workers' rights. Travel insurance experts warn passengers to review their policies, as many exclude strike-related disruptions.
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Middle East
The job market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is expected to weaken significantly in 2026 due to ongoing regional conflicts, according to the World Economic Forum's Chief Economists' Outlook report. The report indicates that 74% of chief economists anticipate weak employment growth as firms delay hiring. Saadia Zahidi, managing director of the World Economic Forum, noted: "The longer the disruption lasts, the heavier the long-term cost for those who can least afford it." While Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies show some resilience, job cuts may impact remittances and local labour markets.
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Fingers remain tightly crossed around the world that the rampant hospitalization and fatality stage of the Covid-19 pandemic has generally peaked. Vaccination programmes are accelerating, and restrictions are gradually being lifted...
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Back in the distant 1980s if you wanted to demonstrate your environmental and ethical credentials it was sufficient to shop at or purchase shares in retailer The Body Shop. The charismatic Anita Roddick, founder of the “hippy” tinged retail chain, heralded a new age of environmental concern, caring capitalism and corporate awareness that evolved into what became known as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR was much talked about and lauded, but in reality often ended up being a lot of a hot air (excuse the pun) and often never progressed much beyond a footnote in the annual report.
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Have Older Workers Paid The Highest COVID-19 Price?
Across the world the pandemic is slowly but surely moving into its next phase. Recovery beckons. As furlough schemes across the U.S. and U.K. are being wound down, restrictions eased or lifted, and workforces moving back up the gears, early signs indicate that older employees are more likely to be casualties of the pandemic aftermath than their younger colleagues. Here at the we have witnessed an increasing number of stories supporting the growing belief that older workers are disproportionately paying the highest Covid-19 price.
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So said, David Brent, the fictional manager of Slough-based paper merchant Wernham Hogg in the seminal TV comedy The Office. Ricky Gervais’s portrayal of Brent as a flawed, narcissistic, incompetent, and deluded manager was so well observed that many (including me) believed it was a genuine fly-on-the-wall documentary when they alighted accidentally on the first ever episode.
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To mark National Payroll Week the team at the Human Times has provided some insight into the industry that we hope you’ll find useful.
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