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TUC calls for new tech to pave way to shorter working week and higher pay 12 September 2018
A new TUC report sets out how new technology like AI, automation and robotics could pave the way for better working conditions – including the move to a four-day working week, without loss of pay.
This report ‘A Future that Works for Working People’ brings together the latest evidence with a new large-scale poll on how technology could affect the future of work.
According to the TUC government and business estimate that new technologies could boost UK GDP by at least £200bn in the next decade. But most UK workers (51%) expect that the benefits of new technology will be hoarded by managers and shareholders, rather than shared fairly between managers, shareholders and ordinary workers (34%). The TUC says that the government must act now to make sure workers share in these gains, by raising workers’ living standards and giving them more control at work. Shorter hours and higher pay Full time workers in the UK put in some of the longest hours in the EU, behind only Austria and Greece. And they rack up £32 billion worth of unpaid overtime. New analysis in the report shows that the number of people working all seven days of the week has now reached more than 1.4 million. Reducing working time is a way to share the gains of increased prosperity. Eight in ten workers (81%) want to reduce working time in the future – with 45% of workers opting for a four-day working week, without loss of pay, as new tech makes work more efficient. More control Most workers (74%) want technology to give them more control over their working lives. But many employers now demand that workers do unpredictable or unsocial hours, or keep staff constantly on standby to work at the demand of an app or text message. This always-on culture, where workers are on standby without being paid, cuts into time with family and friends and makes it impossible to plan life outside work. And it’s being facilitated by new workplace tech that takes away workers’ rights. The TUC wants immediate action to tighten working time rules, ban zero-hours contracts, and give workers fair notice of their shifts. Hopes and fears Two-thirds (66%) expect that automation will lead to work becoming faster-paced and more intensive. And a similar number (72%) expect they will be more closely monitored by bosses. But workers are positive about what could be achieved if technological change is managed in the right way, including fewer dangerous jobs (68%), more creative work (68%), more enjoyable work (66%), and more use of interpersonal skills (66%). Making sure the benefits are shared The TUC says that if workers are to enjoy real benefits from technological change, unions must have a stronger say in workplaces, so that companies that use technology have to negotiate on its use and make sure productivity gains actually benefit workers, through improved pay and conditions. And nationally, unions, employers and government The TUC says the UK should consider how to move to a four-day week over the course of this century.
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