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Juliette Powell once was introduced at a keynote speech as the female Elon Musk. The term stuck, and the next person to introduce her used the same onebecause theyd asked ChatGPT to help them write the intro, and the term became fact as humans fed the machine that is generative AI.

The government announced in May 2023 that it intends to limit the enforceability of non-compete clauses to three months after the last day of employment. Non-compete clauses are a type of restrictive covenant commonly used by businesses to prevent leaving employees from working for a competing business.

As many as two in five (40 per cent) employees with unpaid caring duties are quitting their job, Carers UK’s State of Caring 2023 survey has found. Another 22 per cent of the 10,751 unpaid carers surveyed are reducing their working hours because of their high levels of unpaid care.

Given that 80 per cent of women aged 45 to 55 are employed, it is encouraging that awareness of the need to support employees experiencing menopause is growing. As this awareness grows, so too do employment tribunal statistics concerning menopause-related issues: claims citing menopause have increased over the last three years. Employers need to be alive to the equalities and business risks of failing to support employees experiencing menopause symptoms, particularly those whose symptoms are severe and prolonged.

About 283 million people worldwide suffer from alcohol use disorder, a debilitating health challenge for which limited therapeutic options are available. The cost to society is estimated at greater than $2 trillion annually.