Artificial intelligence
AI's impact extends beyond efficiency gains. It also changes the mix of tasks, responsibilities and judgment that make up a role. Despite this, in many organisations job titles and job descriptions remain unchanged. Lilia Dangi examines how is AI changing roles in practice and how HR needs to respond.
Employers should review their workplace policies as discreet smart glasses create fresh legal risks around data protection, confidentiality, privacy and workplace harassment.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way that workplace grievances are being raised and managed, with HR teams seeing changes in both the volume and the complexity of issues. This research explores the current grievances landscape at UK organisations to help understand the impact of AI on the grievances being submitted.
Workplace grievances written with the assistance of generative AI are on the rise, increasing the pressure on HR departments and line managers. Katherine Pope offers guidance to help employers deal fairly and efficiently with lengthy, legal citation-rich documents that sometimes obscure rather than reveal the core issues.
The number of CEOs who believe AI will lead to reduced hiring has more than halved, according to a global survey, which also found leaders increasingly resilient to geopolitical tensions.
Research suggests that AI is making a nonsense of the traditional equivalence between output and productivity and creating a new category of worker: the person who is thriving themselves into exhaustion. Jeremy Hollander joins the podcast to discuss how HR can tackle these issues by upgrading productivity measurements to distinguish sustainable high performance from intensity that is destined to end in burnout.
Mistrust in AI could be costing businesses £29bn in lost productivity, according to technology company UnlikelyAI.
Updated to reflect that restrictions on automated decision-making are removed by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 from 5 February 2026, but that employers must still have safeguards in place.
AI is helping employees save time, but these gains are often lost while mistakes are rectified, content is rewritten, and output is double-checked.
In today's competitive business landscape, UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face growing pressure to cut costs, enhance efficiency and stay ahead of the curve. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, enabling businesses to achieve these goals by automating repetitive tasks, improving decision-making and optimising operations.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to artificial intelligence.