Employees may want to re-think about taking unnecessary sick leave as employers in the UK are turning to a new voice analysis system.
One of the systems, developed by Digilog, listens to the caller’s voice when they phone in sick and detects changes that suggest they are lying or under pressure, alerting the person taking [...]
“Chucking a sickie” could be a thing of the past due to voice recognition software
May 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Information Technology
Tags:Digilog·employee·employer·sick leave·technology·voice analysis·work
NSW Clean Coal to be the focus at today’s summit in Sydney
May 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Energy
200 people are expected to attend the clean coal summit at NSW Parliament this morning.
Those attending include key participants from the mining, research, infrastructure and investment industries as well as representatives from the state and federal governments.
The Australian government’s top climate change advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut will deliver the keynote speech.
A move towards clean coal [...]
Tags:Clean coal·climate-change·Energy·infrastructure·Mining·technology