Here’s why policymakers are not preparing for an automated future, via The Atlantic.
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Although many retail stores are closed in Puerto Rico, TJX Cos. is still paying its workers in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, according to Boston Globe.
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When factory workers went unpaid, the company working with an unethical factory owner gets blamed. A hardship fund for the unpaid workers sounds like a move in the right direction, but it has yet to pay out, writes Fast Company.
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The tight labor market has forecasters seeing limits to economic growth in the U.S., reports Bloomberg.
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Finally, here’s a video that shares how automation is impacting physical, dangerous jobs such as logging, via Quartz.
