Matthew Sellers

Matthew Sellers

Human Resources Director

Matthew Sellers

Journalist

7 years experience158,686 Total views on Human Resources Director in 2025

Matthew's specialty topics

AI Employment Law Labour Market Analysis Future of Work

Matthew Sellers is a journalist at HRD with an Economics degree and a sharp eye for the research, rulings, and corporate decisions that HR leaders need to understand before everyone else does.

His reporting connects the dots between macroeconomic signals and the workplace — covering AI's impact on jobs and hiring, remote work policy, employment law, labour market data, and the leadership and benefits questions keeping executives up at night.

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Featured content from Matthew

Is AI nicer than your staff? Court blocks United Airlines' union contract defense in age bias case Deloitte's AI mess just got worse – and HR should be paying close attention

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree, Business/Managerial Economics, Nene College, Leicster University

Read the latest stories by Matthew

Amex slashes 5% as it strips out management layers to clear the way for AI

The card issuer is cutting a wide swathe through employees after a record quarter, and its CFO says the org chart has to change before the automation does

Amex slashes 5% as it strips out management layers to clear the way for AI

eBay layoffs deepen as company cuts 1,000 more jobs this year

Severance and related costs could reach $150 million as the online marketplace reports renewed growth

eBay layoffs deepen as company cuts 1,000 more jobs this year

Canadian workers using genAI at less than half of U.S. rate: report

Senior fellow at MLI says Ottawa's "AI for All" strategy has right intentions but must be paired with red-tape reduction, measurable results and occupation-specific worker training

Canadian workers using genAI at less than half of U.S. rate: report

Will AI replace headhunters?

Love them or loathe them, the industry could be facing a tech reckoning

Will AI replace headhunters?

Canada loses 42,000 jobs as wage growth hits lowest level since 2017

Statistics Canada data signals mounting workforce pressure with slowing wages and tariff uncertainty

Canada loses 42,000 jobs as wage growth hits lowest level since 2017

Uber tries to slow driverless cars by siding with union

But it’s not about employees – it’s about Waymo

Uber tries to slow driverless cars by siding with union

Bill Gates calls for human-reserved jobs as AI reshapes work

The Microsoft co-founder’s 6,000-word essay proposes taxing AI systems and protecting certain roles from automation

Bill Gates calls for human-reserved jobs as AI reshapes work

Older women, younger men

Is Hollywood's latest fad a reflection of a new workplace dynamic?

Older women, younger men

The $22 billion problem a text message could help with, and the part it can't fix

New economic research on "nudges" versus stronger interventions gives Canadian EAP and wellbeing budget owners a sharper way to think about absenteeism

The $22 billion problem a text message could help with, and the part it can't fix

AI was meant to gut the outsourcing industry. So far, it hasn't.

Sam Altman said customer support would be "totally gone." So why is the Philippines' outsourcing sector still growing?

AI was meant to gut the outsourcing industry. So far, it hasn't.