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UK employers failing to prepare staff for automation A STUDY from ADP as part of The Workforce View in Europe 2018 (http://bit.ly/2EqqOmc) reveals that UK employees aren’t being equipped with the skills required for an automated workplace. The findings indicate that thousands of workers are worried about the prospect of mass automation and how this will impact their own career prospects if they aren’t prepared with the right skills. A third (32%) of workers believe their job will be automated within ten years and 10% predict it will happen in two, with 49% saying their employer isn’t preparing to reskill them for the new world of work. The brunt of automation is focused on London, with 46% of workers there worrying about the rise of the robots, significantly higher than the national average. Certain industries also feel more under threat from technological disruption, with 61% of those in IT and telecoms saying their role will be redundant in ten years, along with 52% of those in financial services. However, on the plus side, these sectors are also more likely to be upskilling their staff, compared to other industries. Jeff Phipps, managing director at ADP UK commented “More robots in the workplace won’t mean all humans become obsolete, as new and maybe better jobs will be created, while other roles will change considerably. By starting to upskill and retrain workers now, employers can ensure they and their employees are as ready as possible to work side-by-side with the machines. That’s why it is so important for companies to look to provide greater clarity on what their workplace will look like with more automation, highlighting the opportunities that will arise.” #EnableYourGreatness MEET ELLIE , the fourth video in MHR’s video campaign, is available to view here: https://vimeo.com/264073192. Ellie is a super manager (literally), who puts her employee engagement at the heart of her agenda thanks to her handy Chatbot sidekick. The previous three videos featured: Margaret, the rock star payroll professional (https://vimeo.com/239442404); James, a leader of a synchronised swimming team and legal department (https://vimeo.com/264073192); and Li, the staff recruitment manager come wrestler (https:// vimeo.com/user65832614).
Civica HR and Payroll launched FOLLOWING ITS acquisition of Carval Computing in 2017, Civica, a specialist in business-critical software, digital solutions and managed services, has recently launched Civica HR & Payroll. The new business unit offers a broader set of complementary products and services to customers including a range of flexible human resources (HR) systems, such as cloud-based solutions, employee self- service technology and mobile apps, providing an efficient modern platform for people, workforce and payroll management. Andrew Stenton, divisional managing director, payments and HRP commented: “The launch of this new division, following the integration of Carval, shows our commitment to the sector and us broadening our complementary offering across both the public and private sectors. We believe the combination of Carval’s heritage with a broader capability in service and technology areas will deliver greater value.” Since integrating Carval into the Civica Group, the company has partnerships with more than 300 organisations across the UK, including The Bannatyne Group, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Genius Foods, Bostik and Harvey Nichols, as well as providing payroll services to almost 200 businesses, schools, colleges and multi-academy trusts. Satisfaction and influence RESEARCH FOR the Europe LTD survey released by global payroll and human resources services provider SD Worx shows that four out of ten British employees don’t have a sufficient influence in the workplace. Only employees in The Netherlands and Luxembourg feel they have more say but those in Belgium have the least. The size of the organisation plays an important role in the level of satisfaction British employees feel. The larger the organisation, the lower the employee influence and the less control and confidence they have in the direction the organisation is taking. In companies with up to one hundred employees just over a third (34%) of employees are dissatisfied, whereas almost half (49%) of the employees in organisations with more than five hundred employees are dissatisfied. The level of satisfaction employees feel is strongly linked to the confidence they have in the management of their organisation. The more open the communication the more employees support its strategy, and the more they have influence. Doug Sawers, managing director SD Worx UK & Ireland, observes that “The study suggests therefore that it is in the interests of companies to give employees a sufficient say and increase their influence in decision-making processes. This can be done, for example, by creating smaller focus groups, making communication more direct, and cooperation more transparent, so enabling good ideas to turn into positive action more immediately.” Just jedi jobs WHEN ANALYSING its database of over 1.2million live job advertisements, Adzuna discovered that some employers seek employees with skills such as ‘jedi’, ‘warrior’, ‘knight’, ‘ninja’ and ‘padawan’ and request them in job descriptions. In frequency, ‘knight’ appeared 1,463 times with an average salary of £30,872; ‘ninja’ 234:£34,098; ‘warrior’ 122: £28,539; ‘jedi’ 17:£28,300; and ‘padawan’ 5:£63,750.
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