John Lewis boss warns robots could take jobs from humans and even spark an employment crisis

John Lewis boss warns robots could take jobs from humans and even spark an employment crisis

Sir Charlie Mayfield (pictured), 50, thinks that human job replacement by robots is being underestimated but businesses should invest in robotics to improve productivity Robots could take jobs from human workers and potentially spark an employment crisis, the boss of John Lewis has warned.

Sir Charlie Mayfield, 50, said new technologies, such as robots, would create massive changes across industry, with British businesses potentially among the hardest hit.

Workers undertaking manual labour, such as stocking shelves in a department store or working as a cashier could be among the first to lose out to robots as the technology involved becomes more […]

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