Tag: software

Regulating Work in an Age of Fissuring and Automation

Regulating Work in an Age of Fissuring and Automation

Font Size:

Employers may increasingly automate their workplaces, requiring a new approach to workplace regulation.

Why and when do firms hire employees? This question has grown urgent in light of two trends that are undermining the standard employment relationship: “fissuring,” or firms’ growing tendency to secure inputs from outside suppliers, and automation, or the replacement of human labor with machines. The latter has been going on for centuries. But many informed observers argue that “this time is different,” and that innovations in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are likely in the foreseeable future to destroy more jobs than they create—and […]

Opinion: Is automation the end of employment?

Opinion: Is automation the end of employment?

Associate Editor

We live in a time where robots not only manufacture materials we use every day, but operate them as well. Even fields that were thought to be immune, such as law or software engineering, are beginning to see the implementation of AI for some of the tasks involved.

To many, this is seen as nothing less than a crisis. A study conducted by Udemy in 2017 showed that the number one stress trigger for 43 percent of workers is being replaced by artificial intelligence.For those in that 43 percent, you may be relieved to know that your stress […]

A UTOMATION AND JOBS: Labour-saving technologies can boost employment [read]

The policy challenge posed by new labour-saving technology is not mass unemployment but how to help workers to make the transition from industries, occupations and regions where automation has destroyed jobs to those where jobs have been created. That is the central conclusion of new research by James Bessen. His study notes that while many people associate automation with a large-scale loss of jobs, as in many of today’s manufacturing industries, in the early years of the cotton textile, primary steel and automotive industries, employment grew strongly along with automation for many decades (see Figure 1 ). The key […]

Personalized learning can unlock great value for Indian enterprises: Chris McCarthy, Degreed

Personalized learning can unlock great value for Indian enterprises: Chris McCarthy, Degreed

India is a learner-centric market and if people are guided towards the right set of skills, there is a phenomenal opportunity and value waiting to be unlocked, says Chris McCarthy, CEO of Degreed. Degreed is a lifelong learning platform that individuals and organizations can use to discover learning content, build skills, and certify their expertise.

With customers including Cisco, Unilever, Github, Dell EMC, NASA, Mastercard, Airbnb and more, Degreed is creating a personalized learning experience to help employees learn new skills in the age of constant disruption.

In an exclusive interaction with IDG Media , Degreed’s CEO Chris McCarthy shared his […]

March 2019: Automation and the Future of Work

March 2019: Automation and the Future of Work

Digitization and automation will displace some workers, create new jobs, and encourage reskilling in industries like retail, logistics, manufacturing, and construction.

Automation’s impact on the job market has been and will continue to be significant, to say the least. Forrester Research calls automation central to the next phase of digital transformation, because it’s driving value in terms of faster product delivery, better product quality and higher dependability, and more personalization and convenience. Alongside all the excitement about automation and the future of work, however, is fear about job displacement and, occasionally, a bit of fear-mongering as well. Certainly, the […]

New Jobs in the AI Era

New Jobs in the AI Era

Takeaway: Nearly every technology advancement creates fears of unemployment, but AI stands to create far more jobs than it destroys.

Artificial intelligence is about to go mainstream in the enterprise, which means that a lot of the jobs currently done by humans will soon be done by machines. But will this lead to the massive wave of unemployment that some doomsayers predict, or will it produce a new era of employee productivity similar to what has greeted previous forms of automation ?

Even the most enthusiastic AI boosters admit that jobs will be lost during the transition, but they […]

A future without work in the age of automation

A future without work in the age of automation

For decades, authors and futurists have predicted a time where machines will take over the workforce, and our world will be one where day-to-day drudgery is eliminated, replaced with endless leisure and nearly limitless freedom to do what we want, when we want.

However, gearing up for a world without work means coming to terms with the roles work plays in society, and finding alternative ways to spend our time. For one, we rely on work for our purchasing power, and our ability to buy the goods and services we need to survive. But soaring productivity will provide us with […]

Addressing B.C.’s labor shortage takes innovation

Addressing B.C.’s labor shortage takes innovation

Road transportation isn’t the only sector suffering from a labor shortage. The B.C. Trucking Association (BCTA), which represents both freight and passenger carriers in our province, has been focusing on ways to address the shortage of commercial vehicle drivers for years. The industry is also challenged by a scarcity of support workers – technicians, mechanics, dispatchers and other personnel are all in high demand. Other businesses are hampered too, whether we’re talking about entry-level restaurant servers or experienced construction workers.

What’s happening in B.C. with the labor pool and trucking?

In 2018, we were at about 4,100 vacancies in trucking during […]

Robot Revolution? 10 Jobs That Won’t Be Lost To Robots

Robot Revolution? 10 Jobs That Won’t Be Lost To Robots

Jobs Lost To Robots And Automation – Automation seems to be advancing faster than ever with robotics, computer science, and artificial intelligence.

Many white collar positions, such as accountants, receptionists and even attorneys find their jobs threatened by the ‘Robot Revolution’. What Is The Robot Revolution?

You probably didn’t think “Robot Revolution” when McDonald’s instituted their kiosk ordering system, or when Amazon’s drone delivered your mail.Instead, we thought “how convenient.”Today, we read about tens of thousands of driverless automobiles descending on the Interstate near your house.What do the above advancements in technology have in common?They are all Robot Revolution, and […]

Machines drive textile industry comeback bid in South

Machines drive textile industry comeback bid in South

Machines dreamed up in a one-story industrial building on Atlanta’s gentrifying Westside will soon begin churning out more than a million T-shirts yearly on American soil.

Up to 24 Sewbots, as they are called, will each spit out a shirt untouched by human hands about every 30 seconds in a new factory.

The fully automated assembly line is a closely watched advance in the U.S. textile industry, taking the final step of turning workers into tenders of a machine that makes the complete product.It turns out the U.S. holds advantages for Suzhou Tian Yuan Garments Co, the Chinese owner of the […]