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The employment rate of Black women fell by 1.4 percentage points to 55.7% in 2025, marking one of the sharpest one-year declines in the last 25 years, according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. The months to come may make it clear whether the decline was “an early indication of more widespread job losses to come” or possibly “casualties of anti-equity backlash in action,” EPI said.
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How often IT employees’ core responsibilities change, according to Info-Tech’s IT Talent Trends 2025 report. For this reason, Info-Tech said, upskilling needs to be treated as an operational necessity rather than a nice-to-have benefit.
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Workslop creates a layer of invisible labor that rarely shows up in job descriptions or performance reviews.
Jasmine Escalera
Career expert for Zety
Just over a fifth of employees surveyed by Zety said that “workslop” — low-quality artificial intelligence output — is somewhat acceptable and overlooked if deadlines are met. An additional 9% said it is completely acceptable, while 31% said it was somewhat unacceptable but tolerated.