Retail automation cases count the till hours they remove and rarely follow the work that remains. A board should approve self-checkout only after seeing where that work goes, who will do it and what it will cost in loading, advice and shrink.
Retail automation cases count the till hours they remove and rarely follow the work that remains. A board should approve self-checkout only after seeing where that work goes, who will do it and what it will cost in loading, advice and shrink.
Employers usually bargain by revealing as little as possible about their costs. When inflation has outrun a wage scale, I think the better course is to share the cost model with the bargaining committee early, within clear limits, and to accept the loss of a tactical advantage.
Many companies run from English-speaking head offices still list English as a requirement for Quebec management roles out of habit. I think every such requirement should carry a written reason, and that the cost of operating in two languages belongs at head office rather than in Quebec careers.