A new government guide on AI and employment warns that younger, older and First Nations workers, along with women and people with a disability, face'disproportionate impacts'. A new government guide on AI and employment warns that younger, older and First Nations workers, along with women and people with a disability, face'disproportionate impacts'. Entry-level jobs will be the first to be automated due to AI, but it could mean fewer hours and higher wages for ordinary workers - or make jobs tougher with more burnout and workplace surveillance - the government has warned employers. While major companies like Qantas and Canva slash their workforces in restructures spurred by AI changes, workplace relations minister Amanda Rishworth said employers must give workers "a clear plan" about how automation could affect their jobs, and the opportunity to move into new roles. As she launched a new government guide on AI and employment - which cautioned that younger, older and First Nations workers, along with women and people with a disability faced "disproportionate impacts" - another Labor MP, Ed Husic, questioned what workers will get from the AI revolution.

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Businesses should publish salaries in job adverts now, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is telling firms, rather than wait for a new law to come in that will force them to do so. The government is planning to make pay details compulsory in adverts, with legislation on the issue being brought forward as soon as possible. It argues the change will help jobseekers, particularly those applying for their first job, and could help prevent pay discrimination. However, one industry group said setting pay was a complex process and regulating adverts was not always suitable. It comes a week after the UK's equality watchdog said employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning .

You may get the right to find out what your colleagues earn - here's why Employees should legally be able to find out what their colleagues are earning, the UK's equality watchdog has said. Bosses should be required to respond to questionaires about colleagues' pay to cut pay discrimination, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has proposed, external . In addition, employers should be prevented from asking about current salary when offering a job to stop a history of discrimination from carrying on, it said. Employers in the UK are currently allowed to ask you how much you get paid in your current role, but applicants are under no obligation to tell them . At present, employers do not have to respond to employee requests for salary information about colleagues. The EHRC urged lawmakers to make it compulsory for employers to provide information including colleagues' basic pay and hours worked, how employees' pay compares with each other, and information about bonuses, overtime, shift-premiums and performance-related pay, within a specific timeframe.

Higher education may not be dying after all. A Gallup poll shows 80% of employers prefer hiring candidates with a college degree, even as artificial intelligence reshapes the workforce.

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