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Fired by a robot!

May 8, 2019 Lisa Stam, Spring Law Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, HR and Technology, Human Resources, Human Rights, 0

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!

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Freaky AND functional – the robots are here!

October 28, 2010 Adam Gorley Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources

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.

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