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One year into President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, evidence suggests that closed borders are not improving employment opportunities for U.S.-born workers. Researchers from the American Enterprise Institute and Brookings Institution estimate that net migration may have been negative in 2025 for the first time in at least 50 years, a situation coinciding with rising joblessness among native-born individuals. “Look at what we're seeing: The U.S.-born unemployment rate has been going up. The U.S.-born labor force participation rate has dropped,” said Mark Regets, a senior fellow at non-partisan research organization the National Foundation for American Policy. “So if we've had a big withdrawal of immigrants from the labor force, we don't see any sign of the U.S.-born workers getting more employment because of that.”
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Hundreds of GPs have told the BBC they have never refused to sign a sick note for a patient complaining of mental health issues. BBC News sent a questionnaire to more than 5,000 GPs in England asking if they had ever denied a sick note - known as a fit note - to someone who had requested one because of their mental health. Of the 752 GPs who replied, 540 said they had never refused such a request. Last year, a government-commissioned report looking into the role of employers in health and disability said that fit notes were "often problematic." The Keep Britain Working review noted GPs often did not have the time, or the occupational health training, to fully assess if someone was able to work or not. The BBC understands government officials are exploring other options, including so-called "stay in/return to work" plans developed with businesses and occupational health professionals. It is not clear if this would reform fit notes, or replace them entirely. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is one of 60 companies working with officials to see how this could work. Dr Richard Peters, JLR's chief medical officer, said firms had "a part to play" in supporting people with health conditions in work, adding: "It's the right thing to do because if we have a healthier staff, then we have a more productive workforce."
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Lufthansa faces a two-day pilot walkout starting today, affecting flights operated by the flagship airline and also its cargo carrier departing from German airports. The strike action follows a one-day walkout in February that led to almost 800 canceled flights and affected about 100,000 passengers. Negotiations over pilots’ pensions and a new collective wage agreement for cockpit staff are the focus of the dispute. “A strike is always a last resort for us and not an end in itself,” said Vereinigung Cockpit union President Andreas Pinheiro. “Employers still have the opportunity to avert industrial action by making a negotiable offer.”
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Citi, Deloitte, and PwC are among firms that have evacuated offices in Dubai due to threats from Iran against US and Israeli economic assets. The evacuations occurred in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) as Iran's military warned of potential attacks on banks and economic targets. PwC will close its offices in the UAE and other Gulf states for the week as a precaution. Iran's central operational command, Khatam al-Anbiya, said "the enemy has given us free rein to target economic centres and banks belonging to the US and the Zionist regime."
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To mark National Payroll Week the team at the Human Times has provided some insight into the industry that we hope you’ll find useful.
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