InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate COVID-19 pandemic speeds labour shift from humans to robots, WEF survey finds By financialnews_rlv83x - October 20, 2020 0 190 Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes in the workplace likely to exaggerate inequalities, a World Economic Forum (WEF) study has found.