Recent migrants accounted for 6.5 per cent of machine and plant operators and 4.8 per cent of automotive trades workers in 2025, expanding their contribution across technical and operational roles.
Byrne will succeed Denita Wawn, who will conclude her tenure at the end of January 2027 after more than a decade as CEO.
Suleyman added that increasingly capable AI systems could become highly effective at persuasion and deception, potentially competing with humans for resources such as energy, computing capacity, construction materials and revenue.
The study suggested remote work may improve work-life integration, but does little to ease the financial, childcare and career pressures shaping decisions about parenthood.
The latest reduction follows an earlier round of approx. 400 job cuts in August under an initiative called Project Vector, which was below the initially planned reduction of 450 positions.
