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By SpringLaw | 3 Minutes Read May 8, 2019

Fired by a robot!

We have truly reached an age where people and robots are working together and where robots are effectively performing an HR function. HR, unlike a self-checkout or an assembly line robot, is something we normally think of as a soft, people only skill!

Article by SpringLaw / Employee Relations, Employment Standards, Human Rights / accommodation to the point of undue hardship, efficient and effective workforce, employment law, production or efficiency, robots, termination

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read October 28, 2010

Freaky AND functional – the robots are here!

When a robot is capable of multiple types of manual labour, is able to work twice as long as a human and will never complain about working conditions, many human workers have got something to worry about, even if that robot comes with a giant price tag. With no worries about harassment complaints, no fear of strikes, no backtalk and no vacation to worry about, many employers will look at independent robots as model employees.

Article by Adam Gorley / Employment Standards / employment law, ethical issue of robots in the workplace, Future workplace, HR technology, labour issues, labour shortages, laws of robo, Laws of robotics, robots, Robots in the workplace, the future of work, unemployment, Workplace technology

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