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Companies are increasingly using AI to automate entry-level cybersecurity work, including alert triage, log reviews, and data enrichment, while hiring more experienced professionals to oversee AI systems and handle complex threats. A survey of more than 500 chief information security officers found that nearly three-quarters do not expect AI to reduce team sizes, while more than 80% anticipate greater demand for new cybersecurity roles and skills. Cybersecurity hiring remains relatively resilient, with U.S. job postings rising to 13,923 in August from 13,169 in July. However, industry experts warn that reducing junior roles could weaken the pipeline of future senior professionals, creating a potential “talent chasm.” As AI becomes more embedded in cybersecurity, workers are expected to need stronger judgment, business knowledge, AI fluency, and the ability to validate and govern automated outputs.
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Bosses will have to meet with staff who request flexible working and justify their reasons for any refusals under government plans announced by Louise Haigh. The first secretary of state told the TUC conference in Brighton yesterday that employers would have to “properly consider” requests for flexibility and offer a face-to-face meeting under new rights for workers. Haigh said: “Life isn’t always as neat as we’d like it to be or as employers would like it to be. There’s kids to pick up, parents to look after, families who rely on us at short notice. And sometimes a little bit of flexibility can make all the difference. Now I know that businesses have to make things work too. Not every job can be done from home and not every request can be agreed. But every request can be taken seriously. So today I can announce that we will strengthen the right to flexible working. If an employer wants to turn down a request they will have to sit down with their employee, properly consider it and explain why.” TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said flexible working “isn’t just a perk – it’s a lifeline,” adding: “That’s why this move is a welcome step forward. It makes it harder for employers to turn down requests while giving workers a stronger voice in the process. Improving access to flexible working benefits workers, businesses and the economy – whether it’s through increasing staff productivity or higher retention.”
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Spanish labour union FIST wants a court to cancel the redundancies of 2,062 staff who worked for a company that moderated content for Meta. Canadian tech firm Telus International, which operated in Spain as CCC Barcelona Digital Services, cut the roles in a package agreed with main unions last year, citing the termination of its contract with the US tech giant, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. Minority union FIST has now launched a lawsuit against Telus and Meta, claiming before a court in Barcelona that the layoffs were an “attack and a retaliation against the workers’ exercising of their basic rights.” According to the lawsuit, more than half of the affected workers had launched legal action for alleged “salary discrimination” based on language and origin: moderators’ wages varied according to their working language.
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The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has found that Cisco Systems likely created a hostile work environment for Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim employees. The federal enforcement agency's conclusion followed reports of harassment, including derogatory messages shared in an internal forum, where pro-Palestinian activists were derided as animals and one worker told colleagues to “quit living.” The finding is not a binding ruling, and both sides said the EEOC has indicated that it won’t file a lawsuit. The New York Times says such findings tend to bolster employees’ cases if they decide to go to court on their own. Legal Aid at Work believes this is the first EEOC finding against a major US tech company involving discrimination against workers engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy.
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