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Workers may become 'a liability' as benefits improve and AI moves in

· Source: theloadstar.com

In short

A report by Transport Intelligence CEO John Manners-Bell warns that well-intentioned government policies improving worker benefits are having unintended negative consequences on logistics jobs. The combination of increased employment costs and advancing automation technologies like AI and robotics is making human workers appear as liabilities rather than assets to employers. This trend particularly threatens small and medium-sized enterprises in logistics sectors including warehousing, freight forwarding, and transportation.

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Tags: automation, job-losses, logistics, AI, workforce, robotics

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