Automation
Automation and AI: how it will actually affect the workplace
Is there any consensus over the effects of the spread of AI over the next few years and is HR well placed to play its part in reshaping the workforce?
Automation and AI: Brian Kropp on cost savings, ethics and inequality
Alongside Adam McCulloch’s in-depth report into the impact of AI and automation on the workplace, Brian Kropp, group vice president,...
Future skills framework to be developed
A framework for “essential” skills – such as teamwork, presenting and problem-solving – will be developed by a new task...
Digitising HR records: the first steps towards intelligent automation (webinar)
ON-DEMAND | Find out how West Midlands Ambulance Service digitised its HR records as the first step in a journey towards intelligent automation...
Automation could widen gender pay gap
There is a risk that automation in the workplace will widen the gender pay gap and increase inequality, an in-depth study has found.
An in-depth guide to HRO: How is HR outsourcing changing?
HR outsourcing (HRO) has matured. Once little more than a cost-cutting exercise, outsourcing your HR – or specialisms within it...
‘Good quality’ jobs should be measure of industrial success
The UK needs to manage industrial change far better than in the past if the economy is to harness new technology, become greener and provide better livelihoods
Waning productivity costs staff £5,000 over past decade
Workers have lost out on just over £5,000 in wages because of poor productivity growth over the last decade, new...
Think tank urges retraining pledge as automation transforms communities
A report from right-leaning think tank Onward has urged the next prime minister to introduce a retraining tax credit to...
Manufacturing sector could lose 20m jobs to automation
Up to 20 million jobs in manufacturing could be replaced by robots by 2030, with each new robot taking over...
Just one day of work per week benefits mental health
Work is good for your mental health, even if you only do one day a week, according to researchers from...
Integrate learning into jobs, say L&D experts
Learning will need to be better integrated into employees' daily tasks, especially in busy environments: a key message from the Festival of Work
Festival of Work: Why job automation is an opportunity, not a threat
The implications of job automation was hotly debated by speakers at the CIPD's Festival of Work this week, where Gary Kasparov was among the key speakers
Amazon offers workers thousands to set up own delivery businesses
Amazon is offering its employees thousands of pounds in funding to set up independent delivery businesses.
The company has said...
Blurring of work and home life is the tip of the tech iceberg
New technology is often hailed as the UK’s economic saviour. But have we appreciated AI’s potential for radically altering workplace...
