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Chinese Courts Rule Companies Cannot Fire Workers Simply to Replace Them With AI (www.caixinglobal.com)
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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Step 5: hire employee back as part of expansion plan and because AI did it poorly.

[–] hahattpro@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Hire employees back as contractors instead, because those people are desperate.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 4 weeks ago

True story. Seen it happen so many times