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 [21 January 2025] to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modernising Employment, which is looking into digital hiring and employment practices, Towers cited TUC research in calling for employers to work hand-in-hand with workers to explore threats posed by algorithms and unregulated AI systems.