Hacker News with Generative AI: Labor Shortages

Teenagers to drive trains due to concerns over labour shortages (news.sky.com)
Eighteen-year-olds will be allowed to drive trains due to concerns over labour shortages, the Department for Transport (DfT) has announced.

Transportation, Labor Shortages, UK News, Teenagers

4 points by austinallegro 17 days ago | 0 comments

Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by immigrants (cnn.com)

Florida, Immigration, Labor Shortages, Politics

24 points by pavel_lishin 58 days ago | 4 comments

Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs (restofworld.org)
Taiwan faces rising labor shortages in semiconductor factories. Some openings are filled by high-school and college students who work as interns, doing basic operations and maintenance. The students need to go back to university to qualify for higher-skilled engineering positions.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Labor Shortages, Education, Asia

8 points by Brajeshwar 99 days ago | 0 comments

'Work force is missing': Air traffic controllers in peril nationwide (sfgate.com)
As many air travelers remain jittery about flying following the Jan. 29 midair crash of an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C., Elon Musk and his band of twenty-something DOGE techies are coming to the rescue.

Aviation, Labor Shortages, Technology

12 points by Jimmc414 104 days ago | 3 comments

More farms are turning to automation amid labor shortages (grist.org)
A growing number of companies are bringing automation to agriculture. It could ease the sector’s deepening labor shortage, help farmers manage costs, and protect workers from extreme heat.

Agriculture, Automation, Labor Shortages

32 points by rntn 207 days ago | 52 comments

Kitchen staff were canaries in the coal mine (2022) (economistwritingeveryday.com)
I’ve long been a lurker on r/kitchenconfidential. I did a few brief tours in the service industry when I was younger and my partner used to manage a successful upscale restaurant. If you’ve spent anytime in a restaurant after closing in the last ten years, then you probably aren’t surprised by the continuing labor shortage in the service industry.

Labor Shortages, Service Industry, Restaurants

65 points by toomuchtodo 238 days ago | 69 comments

Discussion: Job seekers can't find a job and Employers can't find an employees (ycombinator.com)

Job Market, Employment, Labor Shortages

242 points by thisisfatih 368 days ago | 369 comments