This inquiry considered how artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) are being used in workplaces and possible safeguards to guide their development and implementation. It found that the digital transformation has exposed significant risks, including gaps in Australia’s regulatory frameworks and workplace protections. The report makes 21 recommendations.

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training inquiring into the rapid development and uptake of automated decision-making and machine learning techniques in the workplace. This submission takes a bigger picture perspective of technological change within organisations that rises above these current concerns.

This paper argues that decisions made regarding the deployment of Generative AI technology in workplaces will fundamentally change how we work, produce, create and collaborate, and that it is time to act to ensure a safe, inclusive and productive technology deployment.

Australia’s vocational education and training (VET) sector will continue to be an important contributor to ensuring the workforce has the necessary skills to meet current and future social, economic and environmental challenges and opportunities. The Committee has made 34 recommendations in this report which aim to address negative perceptions of the VET sector and enhance...

Too many Australians leave school with language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy (LLND) skills gaps that limit opportunities and life choices. This inquiry report finds that improving adult LLND skills in Australia will help individuals find meaningful employment, earn higher wages and achieve personal fulfillment.