Technology weakens the bond between employers, staff
March 5, 2021 When it comes to technology in the workplace, many researchers have concentrated on automation. But new research from the ILR School shows how technology has further eroded the employer/worker relationship by making it easier to outsource work to temps. “Routine tasks are easy to automate which means the demand for workers doing those tasks is going to fall, meaning wages are going to fall, too, until those jobs disappear entirely,” said Adam Seth Litwin, associate professor of labor relations, history and law. “But instead of focusing on that aspect, through this study we...
Source: cornell.edu