Economic gains resulting from advances in digitisation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) should be used to reverse planned increases to the state pension age, according to the TUC.
Shaping Our Digital Future, published by the TUC on Monday, examines the potential impact of the technological revolution on jobs and wages. The report called on the government, businesses and trade unions to work together to mitigate disruption to working people's lives, and maximise opportunities for them to benefit as technology becomes more advanced. One proposal concerned using income gains from higher productivity to stop planned increases in the state pension age. In July, the government formally announced plans to increase the state pension age to 68 between 2037 and 2039, ...
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