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ADP Research: Only 22% of Workers Confident Their Job is Safe from Elimination, Underscoring the Importance of Talent Strategies that Prepare Employees for the Future

Latest issue of Today at Work captures the pulse of global workforce sentiment to uncover how AI advances and changing demographics offer new challenges and

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ADP Research: Only 22% of Workers Confident Their Job is Safe from Elimination, Underscoring the Importance of Talent Strategies that Prepare Employees for the Future

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[{"type":"text","content":"Latest issue of Today at Work captures the pulse of global workforce sentiment to uncover how AI advances and changing demographics offer new challenges and opportunities for workers and employers alikeWorkforce Insights from Engagement to Artificial Intelligence: ADP Research's most recent issue of Today at Work reveals the global state of worker engagement, job security, AI sentiment, skills confidence, and work-life balance.Informing Talent Strategies: Turning insight into action, Today at Work helps businesses understand current worker sentiment to drive engagement, productivity, and retention through data-driven talent strategies.Global Reach, Local Expertise: Today at Work 2026, Issue 1 is built on ADP Research's Global Workforce Survey, which captures responses from over 39,000 workers in 36 markets to understand the world of work at large and gauge worker sentiment.ROSELAND, N.J., March 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Only 22% of global workers strongly agreed their job was safe from elimination according to Today at Work 2026, Issue 1 from ADP Research. Anxiety over job security was particularly acute among lower-paid, repetitive task workers and people at the bottom of the management hierarchy. These findings, among others, emphasize the opportunity for employers to reimagine their talent strategies and provide clarity to their employees as advances in artificial intelligence and changing demographics bring new challenges and opportunities to the workforce.\"Despite three years of historically low global unemployment and steady economic growth, our data reveals widespread job insecurity expressed by workers worldwide,\" said Dr. Nela Richardson, chief economist, ADP. \"For employers, the worker sentiment findings from Today at Work can help inform new talent management practices rooted in powering skills development, building trust, leveraging cross-generational mentorship, and nurturing employee engagement.\"Today at Work 2026, Issue 1This issue of Today at Work takes a global approach and features survey findings derived from ADP Research's annual Global Workforce Survey of more than 39,000 working adults in 36 markets. The findings reveal key insights into how workers really feel about AI, current workforce engagement levels, the challenges and opportunities a multi-generational workforce offers, and trends in unpaid hours...

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