Untangling the wires between automation and the future of work

New Acas research shows that automation is having a significant impact on the way jobs are done

Employers contacting sick employees

Managers may unintentionally be creating a culture where staff are expected to always be available

Workers feel bosses put performance ahead of health

While staffing levels are important, presenteeism creates a "false economy"

Stress levels have increased since last year

Only 12% of workers felt less stressed now compared with a year ago

We aren't dealing with robots in business

Automation and robots could be a huge challenge to society if people don’t have jobs or access to income

Line managers not given tools to tackle absences

Less than half (44%) of employers train their managers to handle short-term absence

One in six have taken time off to care for an elderly relative

Employees are calling for benefit providers to offer support and guidance for people with caring responsibilities

Almost half of parents work overtime to cope with workload

A third (33%) of employees say doing unpaid overtime is part of their organisation's culture

The benefits of treating HR systems as products

HR doesn't subject its systems to as much scrutiny as it does more visible products. Perhaps it should

Putting payroll in the cloud

Moving payroll admin to the cloud should be quick, easy and seamless. But don't forget data security

Interim managers in high demand

Interim managers were mainly required for project management roles