Archive for August 2025

With over 75% of professionals using AI in their daily work, writing and editing messages with tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot or Claude has become a commonplace practice. While generative AI tools are seen to make writing easier, are they effective for communicating between managers and employees?

The tradwife idolises the 1950s housewife, even taking on her fashion tastes: in videos they appear with coiffed hair and an Alice band, wearing frilly frocks with a cinched waist and just enough plunging neckline, and speak in a whispery ASMR voice to give feminine and sexy vibes. Even though many tradwives are filming themselves from suburban houses in Toronto or Cheltenham, they often present “cottagecore”, an aesthetic inspired by an idealised notion of rural life—think homemade cookies, wildflowers and children catching butterflies.

Dr. Peter Voo of the Psychology and Social Works Faculty in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) said the Education Ministry must now put more emphasis on issues such as bullying, truant and disrespect towards teachers.

These are all examples of how millions of workers across the country are increasingly finding themselves bound by Training Repayment Agreement Provisions (TRAPs), a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts employees to their bosses. Often inserted into contracts without workers’ knowledge, these restrictive labor covenants turn employer-sponsored job training and education programs into conditional loans that must be paid back — sometimes at a premium — if employees leave before a set date.