The 'robot relations' department may become reality in workplace of the future

As companies increasingly deploy artificial intelligence to instruct, monitor, and evaluate employees, workplace experts are proposing new 'robot relations' or 'worker-automation relations' departments to handle emerging human-machine tensions. Traditional human resources departments are ill-equipped to handle the resulting grievances, which range from algorithmic bias in layoff decisions to digital surveillance and employee resistance against automated management.

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