January 23, 2023 - Smlr_net

23 Jan 2023


      *SMLR-Net: Selected news on labor and employment relations & human resource
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*January 23, 2023*
*Title:*                    The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You
Down
*Source:*               The New York Times Magazine
*Author:*               David Marchese
*Date:*                   January 22, 2023
*Summary:*          We’ve been given no shortage of digital tools that
should, in theory, help us work better, with more focus and efficiency, and
connect us more easily with our colleagues. Instead, email, instant
messaging, remote-meeting apps, work-flow and project-management software
and so on can feel like so many buckets with holes in the bottom,
maddeningly inadequate to the task of keeping us from drowning in work.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3ZXdKP4
*Title:*                    What ChatGPT Means For the Future of Work
*Source:*               EBN
*Author:*               Paola Peralta
*Date:*                   January 23, 2023
*Summary:*          According to a recent study conducted by tech company
IBM, 35% of companies are actively using artificial intelligence in their
day-to-day operations and 42% are still exploring AI's potential for the
future — one that's set to include virtual assistants that employees can
use to complete tasks on their behalf. In fact, AI-powered voice assistants
are anticipated to reach eight billion users by the end of 2023.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3ZPxV1H
*Title:*                   CNH Industrial Workers on Strike Since May
Approve New Deal
*Source:*               Associated Press
*Author: *              Josh Funk
*Date:*                   January 22, 2023
*Summary:*          More than 1,000 CNH Industrial workers who have been on
strike since last May approved a new contract Saturday with the maker of
tractors, bulldozers, backhoes and other heavy equipment. The United Auto
Workers said union members in Racine, Wisconsin, and Burlington, Iowa,
approved the deal two weeks after they rejected an earlier agreement.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3XMP4Hl
*Title:*                    Tech Layoffs Shock Young Workers. The Older
People? Not So Much.
*Source:*               The New York Times
*Author:*               Tripp Mickle
*Date:*                   January 20, 2023
*Summary:*          The industry’s recent job cuts have been an awakening
for a generation of workers who have never experienced a cyclical crash.
*Link:*                    http://bit.ly/3XNrKcl
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