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North America
Bailout of Spirit Airlines must protect employees, union says

The International Association of ​Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents Spirit Airlines' ramp service employees, has said any U.S. bailout of ​the bankrupt low-cost carrier must protect employees. The union said any ​bailout must require "no furloughs, no layoffs, and no shifting the burden ⁠onto the very people who keep this airline running." The Trump administration has reportedly made ‌a financing offer to help the airline exit bankruptcy that is being reviewed by its major creditors.

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UK
Demand for postgraduate courses surges amid jobs crisis

Thousands of young people in Europe and the United States are hoping that postgraduate qualifications can help them ride out the jobs crisis as employers cut vacancies amid global economic turbulence and increasing investment in artificial intelligence. In the UK, where the youth jobless rate is at its highest since 2015, “lecturer” is this year’s third fastest-growing job on LinkedIn. Bloomberg notes that more than half a million British people who want a job have left the labour market to study, according to official figures, and students now account for over a quarter of those who are not working but want a job.

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Europe
Demand for postgraduate courses surges amid jobs crisis

Thousands of young people in Europe and the United States are hoping that postgraduate qualifications can help them ride out the jobs crisis as employers cut vacancies amid global economic turbulence and increasing investment in artificial intelligence. In the UK, where the youth jobless rate is at its highest since 2015, “lecturer” is this year’s third fastest-growing job on LinkedIn. Bloomberg notes that more than half a million British people who want a job have left the labour market to study, according to official figures, and students now account for over a quarter of those who are not working but want a job.

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Middle East
Microsoft rolls out Copilot to all Accenture employees

Microsoft is rolling out its Copilot 365 AI assistant to all of Accenture's roughly 743,000 employees. Reuters notes that Accenture is one of the most aggressive corporate adopters of AI, and has even tied top-level promotions to usage of the technology. The latest move is further to Accenture's plan in 2024 to deploy Copilot ​to as many as 300,000 staff. Almost all (97%) of employees said Copilot helped them complete routine tasks up to 15 times faster, and more than half  ​(53%) reported major gains in productivity, according to a company ​poll of ⁠200,000 users. "Our teams are already doing higher-value work because of it," Accenture CEO Julie Sweet said.

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