Modernising Employment

A researcher from Lancaster University has helped the Better Hiring Institute (BHI) to produce the UK’s first guide on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Work, in collaboration with Arctic Shores, Tesco, Reed Screening, the TUC, Parliamentarians, and industry leaders. Dr Huw Fearnall-Williams, a lecturer in Organisation, Work and Technology in Lancaster University Management School (LUMS), has contributed to the…

AI’s often negative perception based on villainous intelligent technology in films and novels must be better managed to help public confidence. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on modernising employment was told this week that the negative feelings surrounding artificial intelligence must be dealt with to raise the public’s confidence in developing its role in the…

The real-world negative impacts of artificial intelligence will only get worse if the UK does not move to regulate the technology in a way that centres on accountability, trust and public participation, says Lord Holmes The UK government must “urgently” legislate on artificial intelligence (AI) given the clearly negative impacts it is already having on…

AI’s often negative perception based on villainous intelligent technology in films and novels must be better managed to help public confidence. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on modernising employment was told this week that the negative feelings surrounding artificial intelligence must be dealt with to raise the public’s confidence in developing its role in the…

This was the warning to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on digital hiring came from a technology specialist at a meeting on Tuesday [21 January 2025]. Estelle McCartney, chief growth officer for technology firm Arctic Shores, said recruitment processes need to be “futureproofed” as Generative AI usage has “gone mainstream”, with professional and more experienced…

According to Mary Towers, an employment rights policy officer at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), research into the uses of AI in the workplace is showing that using technology to recruit and manage workers, replacing the functions of a human manager, can negatively affect both the physical and mental health of workers. Speaking on Tuesday…

The CIPD, Better Hiring Institute (BHI), Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Reed Screening have joined forces with parliamentarians and industry leaders to launch new guidance entitled Future of Management for our Future of Work. The guidance comes in response to the seismic shift in working practices following the Covid pandemic, with hybrid working becoming a cornerstone of…

Efforts to increase the use of digital hiring and take advantage of remote work options have failed to “significantly reduce” worklessness for disabled people, the APPG was told. A packed room in the Palace of Westminster received comments and urgings from experts including Kim Hoque of King’s Business School, Laura Davis of the British Association…

A Lancaster University researcher has lent his expertise to help set the agenda for the future use of Artificial Intelligence in hiring. Dr Huw Fearnall-Williams, a Lecturer in Organisation, Work and Technology in Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) helped in the creation of the UK’s first guide on the issue. Artificial Intelligence in Hiring has been…

A guide to preventing hiring fraud has been launched today [13 March] as the UK encounters “epidemic levels” of increasingly more organised and sophisticated fraud committed during the hiring process. Created and published by the Better Hiring Institute (BHI) and collaborators Reed Screening, UK fraud prevention service Cifas and S T Smith, the guide provides…