Category: Automation Impact on Jobs

Zinier’s Nelson Huang on How Intelligent Automation is Transforming Field Service Operations Featured

Zinier's Nelson Huang on How Intelligent Automation is Transforming Field Service Operations Featured

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In conjunction with the ongoing CommunicAsia 2019 taking place this week in Singapore, Tara Neal, the Executive Editor of The Fast Mode spoke to Nelson Haung, VP of Marketing of Zinier, a startup that is bringing automation to field service management, on a number of topics relating to intelligent automation of field service operations, specifically for the telecommunications industry. The following is the interview.

TARA NEAL: Intelligent automation is changing how enterprises are managing their work processes, their assets and their people, propelled by advances in big data and artificial intelligence and the continuous enhancements in digital […]

We should be working eight hours a week for peak mental health

We should be working eight hours a week for peak mental health

A new study has found that one day of employment is the most “effective dose” for peak mental health benefits of paid work .

The risk of mental health problems reduced by 30 per cent, after people moved from unemployment or stay-at-home parenting into eight hours or less of work per week.

Results found no evidence that working more than eight hours provided further boosts to mental health, reports the Independent .Researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Salford investigated the relationship between working hours and mental health, after concerns over automation technology reducing working hours in the future.Data from a […]

Eight hours of work a week is best for mental well-being

Eight hours of work a week is best for mental well-being

Just one day of work per week is the most "effective dose" to give the mental health benefits of paid employment, research suggests. One eight-hour day of work a week is the most "effective dose" for our mental health, says a new study.

While we are aware of the negative impacts work can have on a person’s well-being, this research is the first to quantify how much employment is needed to support a person’s well-being.

The research, carried out by the Universities of Cambridge and Salford, found that a single eight-hour work day is the best dose of work to support […]

Just one day of work a week is enough to give a mental health boost, Cambridge University finds

Just one day of work a week is enough to give a mental health boost, Cambridge University finds

The study suggests that to get the mental well-being benefits of paid work, the most ‘effective dose’ is only around one day a week Credit: PA Just one day of work per week is the most "effective dose" to give the mental health benefits of paid employment, research by Cambridge University suggests.

A study indicated that the risk of mental health problems reduces by 30 per cent when people move from unemployment or stay-at-home parenting into paid work of eight hours or less per week.

But researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Salford found no evidence that working any more […]

Robots will help people, not replace them

Robots will help people, not replace them

The idea that automation will drive up unemployment or drive down wages — in other words, that robots will take people’s jobs — has become almost an article of faith for many Americans.

Everyone can point to instances of automation reducing demand for certain workers. And with so-called artificial intelligence technology improving rapidly, there’s widespread worry that many humans will simply be made obsolete. News outlets are full of eye-grabbing forecasts of the percentage of jobs that will be replaced.

But those estimates are little more than guesswork. The truth is, nobody knows how many jobs will be replaced by automation, […]

Driven by technology

Driven by technology

Santosh Kumar Dash

The accession of Trump to US presidency, the move towards exit of Britain from the European Union and the referendum in Italy have all given nightmares to economists chanting the mantra, “Free trade is good for everybody”. It is ironic that the sellers of free trade and globalisation are now batting for restrictions and protectionism. Beneath this call for mercantilism lies the rise in unemployment and inequality in most advanced countries. The majority of voters in industrialised countries now increasingly believe that job losses have risen as a result of free trade and globalisation. A careful […]

Just one day of work a week is enough to give a mental health boost, Cambridge University finds

Just one day of work a week is enough to give a mental health boost, Cambridge University finds

The study suggests that to get the mental well-being benefits of paid work, the most ‘effective dose’ is only around one day a week – PA Just one day of work per week is the most "effective dose" to give the mental health benefits of paid employment, research by Cambridge University suggests.

A study indicated that the risk of mental health problems reduces by 30 per cent when people move from unemployment or stay-at-home parenting into paid work of eight hours or less per week.

But researchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Salford found no evidence that working any more […]

How likely is an eight-hour working week?

How likely is an eight-hour working week?

AP Researchers may have found that eight hours of employment is the most “effective dose” per week for mental wellbeing – but, with the average closer to 40 hours, could cutting down the working week to one day ever become a reality?

The long-term trends look good for the leisure-seeker – at first glance at least. Since the 19th century, working hours have fallen sharply in industrialised nations, partly prompted by the demands made by organised labour.

In the late 1900s, UK workers put in more than 2,500 hours a year on average compared with 1,680 in 2017. But most of […]

Robots Might Turn Out to Be Great Co-Workers

Robots Might Turn Out to Be Great Co-Workers

(Bloomberg Opinion) — The idea that automation will drive up unemployment or drive down wages — in other words, that robots will take people’s jobs — has become almost an article of faith for many Americans. Everyone can point to instances of automation reducing demand for certain workers. And with so-called artificial intelligence technology improving rapidly, there’s widespread worry that many humans will simply be made obsolete. News outlets are full of eye-grabbing forecasts of the percentage of jobs that will be replaced.But those estimates are little more than guesswork. The truth is, nobody knows how many jobs will […]

Industrial robots are bringing jobs back home, but not for low-skilled workers

Industrial robots are bringing jobs back home, but not for low-skilled workers

An immense rise in automation by means of industrial robots has taken place. Figures from the International Federation of Robotics reveal that while automation was almost an unkown phenomenon in the 1970s, with fewer than 3000 industrial robots installed worldwide, the operational stock of robots is nowadays already approaching 2.5 million .

At the same time, nations tend to apply more and more protectionist policies. The notion gains ground that the relocation of production from foreign countries to the home country and the renegotiation of trade deals would bring jobs back home. This argument has been most prominently expressed by […]