A crore incentive program is moving workers into the provident-fund system faster than it is changing who gets hired into it. India’s flagship formal-employment program is succeeding at volume while reproducing the gender composition of the labor market it was built to expand, according to Labour Ministry data reported by Auhona Mukherjee in Business Standard….
The headlines call it an AI pivot. The WARN Act filings call it something else. Oracle is planning another round of job cuts, this time estimated at 20,000 to 30,000 positions — the largest single reduction in a series that has now run four times in under twelve months. The affected teams span the company’s…
India has enrolled 53,449 people in artificial intelligence job training through one of its flagship skills programs. The government has also acknowledged something more significant: it has not conducted a specific assessment of how much demand exists for those AI skills, or how large the country’s shortage of trained workers actually is. The disclosure came…
SSC News Desk Postings for chief of staff roles have increased 85 percent since 2020 and more than doubled in the past year. The explanation is that CEOs need help managing complexity. The more specific explanation is that organizations added complexity faster than they redesigned who manages it. The chief of staff is back —…
The accounting shift could finance infrastructure, housing and business investment. Whether it strengthens the economy depends on what the government buys with the money. Bryson Davis | Social Storytellers Collective Britain’s Treasury is examining how to borrow billions more without abandoning the government’s existing fiscal rules. Chancellor John Healey said there was scope for faster and greater investment,…
Regional growth is real. So is the fact that new hiring does not automatically replace jobs erased by bankruptcies, closures and corporate restructuring. SSC News Desk | Social Storytellers Collective Houston added roughly 24,000 jobs during the first half of 2026. Nearly 20 employers also reported layoffs affecting 2,697 workers. Those numbers are not contradictory. They describe an economy expanding in…
The company’s own numbers contradict the reason usually given for layoffs like this one. That contradiction is the actual story. Zillow laid off more than 500 employees on Tuesday, about 7 percent of its global workforce, in what CEO Jeremy Wacksman called the company’s largest round of cuts this year, according to a company blog…
The Your Way Champion and Whopper Guarantee are brand initiatives. They are also an admission about what fast food stopped being — and what it costs to get it back. Part of Society, Economy & Wellness — examining how economic pressure reshapes labor, access, and everyday life. NEWS DESK | SOCIAL STORYTELLERS COLLECTIVE Four months…
Over 1,600 workers have lost jobs in the Charlotte region so far in 2026. Most of the companies cutting them never said a word publicly. Part of Society, Economy & Wellness — examining how economic pressure reshapes labor, access, and everyday life. NEWS DESK | SOCIAL STORYTELLERS COLLECTIVE The Charlotte Observer’s Desiree Mathurin reported this…
A dozen staffers gone. Light severance. One live broadcast a week. The show that built satellite radio is now running the same playbook as every other media company cutting from the top. Part of Culture in Motion — examining who defines culture, how it moves, and what it reveals about the moment. NEWS DESK |…