- The "mental load" — remembering, planning and anticipating everyday tasks like school trips, WhatsApp messages and appointments — still falls mostly on mothers and spikes around back-to-school time.
- That invisible, constant cognitive work causes stress, poor sleep and decision fatigue, and can affect careers because women often become the "default parent" after maternity leave.
- Practical fixes people find helpful: partners fully own categories of tasks, use shared calendars/regular check‑ins, and explicitly label the invisible work so it gets shared.
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- Weekly jobless claims ticked up to 206,000 but remain near this year's low range, suggesting a steady “slow hire, slow fire” labor market.
- Companies are announcing more hiring plans, yet many roles aren't being filled quickly; announced layoffs rose in August but remain below last year's levels.
- The Fed is closely watching labor and inflation data (including tariff and geopolitical effects) and may raise interest rates soon if inflation doesn't cool.
- President Trump’s 2027 budget freezes pay for most civilian federal workers while proposing a 5–7% raise for military personnel, saying it’s needed after inflation increases.
- Unions and agencies warn the freeze could worsen recruitment and retention — citing FAA air-traffic controller shortages and more than 271,000 federal departures since Trump took office.
- Congress could override the move: lawmakers have introduced the FAIR Act to grant a 4.1% federal pay raise next year.
- EY is investing $100 million to reward employees who build human skills (judgment, adaptability) and experiment with tech — a bet that people, not just AI, will drive client value.
- AI is making accounting less tedious and more attractive to Gen Z, boosting productivity and interest in the field.
- Firms and young workers worry about preserving critical-thinking and on-the-job learning as routine tasks get automated — a growing career and hiring concern.
- Todd Monken, 60, is the NFL’s oldest rookie head coach after a 37-year coaching journey — his first NFL head job likely coming late in his career.
- He says decades of experience and learning from coaches like Koetter, Smart and Harbaugh make him better now than he would’ve been at 45.
- Monken inherits a troubled Browns team with a QB question (Deshaun Watson) but is bullish on the young talent and the franchise’s future.
- After moving to Canada and struggling to find a job, he pivoted to AI training—starting at $15/hour and, by specializing, now earns $100/hour.
- He leveraged 15 years of sales experience to land high‑paying expert projects, and now also consults for small businesses and launched Annotation Academy.
- The freelance AI work (20–40 hrs/week) gives him schedule flexibility to spend time with his son while reinvesting earnings into his businesses.
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