Latest posts tagged with #Algorithmicmanagement on Bluesky
🔎 At this week’s #AITalk, Alex J. Wood (University of Cambridge) questioned whether #AlgorithmicManagement is really new. Many "algorithmic" practices extend older forms of workplace control, as part of a longer trend of "flexible despotism".
📽️ Watch the talk: etui.org/4UZ
Your performance review might be rigged. Bossware tracks idle time & keystrokes, feeding algorithms data managers use to target employees. Demand transparency about the data. #AlgorithmicManagement #Bossware #DataPrivacy
Your performance review might be rigged. Bossware tracks idle time & keystrokes, feeding algorithms data managers use to target employees. Demand transparency about the data. #AlgorithmicManagement #Bossware #DataPrivacy
🔎 At our latest #AITalk, Min Kyung Lee (UT Austin School of Information) explored how we can ensure #AlgorithmicManagement works for workers.
The discussion emphasised how governing AM requires worker involvement early & throughout the design lifecycle. 🔄
📽️ Watch the event recording: etui.org/43i
We reveal the variations in workers’ individual agentic responses to algorithmic management across six different platforms in India and also highlight the differences in such responses across various geographical contexts. 3/3 #platformwork #algorithmicmanagement #gigwork
Your performance review might be rigged. Bossware tracks idle time & keystrokes, feeding algorithms data managers use to target employees. Demand transparency about the data. #AlgorithmicManagement #Bossware #DataPrivacy
Your performance review might be rigged. Bossware tracks idle time & keystrokes, feeding algorithms data managers use to target employees. Demand transparency about the data. #AlgorithmicManagement #Bossware #DataPrivacy
New OnlineFirst (OA) article: "Expendable Workers: Food Delivery and Technopolitics in China" by Angela Ke Li #technopolitics #migrantlabor #algorithmicmanagement #designlogic #fooddelivery journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
This document examines the legal and regulatory landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithmic management (AM) in Spain, focusing on collective bargaining and judicial responses. Judicial Responses to AI and AM Landmark rulings have deemed dismissals linked to automation as unfair unless justified by prior business difficulties. Courts have upheld the use of algorithmic tools in some cases while ruling against their use in ways that undermine workers' rights, such as during strikes. Recent cases mandate transparency regarding algorithms affecting workers, reinforcing the right to access information about decision-making processes. Regulatory Developments Spain's regulatory framework for AI and AM is built on three pillars: platform work legislation, data protection law, and AI-specific regulations. The Rider Law (Law 12/2021) formalizes employment status for gig workers and enhances transparency regarding algorithmic systems affecting working conditions. Data protection laws, including the GDPR and Spain’s Organic Law on Data Protection, establish digital rights and limit employer surveillance. The draft law aligning with the EU AI Act introduces stricter obligations for high-risk AI systems and emphasizes transparency and worker rights. Collective Bargaining Trends Collective agreements are increasingly addressing AI and AM, with three main approaches: transposing legal requirements, broadening consultation duties, and expanding governance mechanisms. Several agreements are discussed: the Banking Sector Agreement, the Food Trade Agreement, the Just Eat Agreement.
#AlgorithmicManagement and artificial intelligence at work
Regulatory and #CollectiveBargaining trends from #Spain
Spain's regulatory framework for #AI and AM is built on 3 pillars: #platformwork legislation, data protection law, and AI-specific regulations
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🌐 🤖 Over two intensive days in Brussels, the 6th ETUI #FutureofWork Conference explored how #digitalisation, #AI and #AlgorithmicManagement are reshaping #work, and how regulation and industrial relations must evolve to keep pace.
📽️ Watch the plenary recordings here: etui.org/4Jo
📣 New ETUI technical brief on #AI & #AlgorithmicManagement at work in Spain
As data-driven systems reshape recruitment, monitoring and scheduling, this brief analyses legal responses, case law and collective bargaining, highlighting transparency rights, governance trends and gaps.
🔗 etui.org/4o6
The #AIAct rightly flags AI & #AlgorithmicManagement as high-risk, but stronger EU regulation is still needed to protect workers’ rights.
Isabelle Schömann, from @etuc-ces.bsky.social, at FEPS & @workers-eesc.bsky.social event 🤖 “Understanding the power of AI over decisions”.
📑 The right to meaningful explanation in #AlgorithmicManagement
⚖️ In this technical brief, Aida Ponce Del Castillo, ETUI senior researcher, provides a legal commentary on the 'Dun & Bradstreet Austria' judgment, situating it above and beyond the scope of the GDPR and the AI Act.
🔗 etui.org/Z9A
Moving beyond narrow transparency debates, the report adopts a socio-technical lens to understand algorithms as sites of power—and lays out future-looking recommendations to redistribute power and control.
#PlatformWork #AlgorithmicManagement #FutureOfWork #LabourRights #DigitalEconomy #India
75% of firms use #AlgorithmicManagement to instruct, monitor or evaluate workers. While such tools offer productivity benefits, managers have concerns about their impact, with accountability topping the list.
See latest analysis ➡️ oe.cd/6jb
#OECDAI #AI | @annamilanez.bsky.social
👏 @europarl.europa.eu approuves report with recommendations to the @ec.europa.eu "on #digitalisation, #artificialintelligence and #algorithmicmanagement in the #workplace" - strong support apart from the far right 👇
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The European Parliament plenary has just called regulate #AlgorithmicManagement 🙌
This is politically extremely significant move. The EPs call has received strong cross-group support, especially championed by EPP rapporteur Bula.
A big win for workers rights, just before holidays !
1/3
What is in the Roadmap?
- Directive for #telework and #right-to-disconnect, as expected
- #Algorithmicmanagement action (probably not legislative)
- Addressing psychosocial risks (probably thru other #OSH legislation)
- Subcontracting rule enforcement
- Just Transition and mobility action
3/4
Excited to share that next Thursday (Dec 4) I’ll be giving a masterclass on #AlgorithmicManagement and Workplace Power Dynamics at the University of Amsterdam for the Global Digital Cultures group.
If you’re curious to learn more, check out the link below or simply drop me a line.
Curious how #algorithmicmanagement changes the role of managers and workplace power dynamics beyond the gig economy?
Me and Sander have something for you!
Hope you enjoy it - all feedback is welcome!
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#AI is changing how we work, from assigning tasks to evaluating performance.
@jeremiasprassl.bsky.social and Dr Six Silberman @oxfordlawfac.bsky.social are helping shape fairer employment laws for the age of #AlgorithmicManagement.
Read more: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/regulating-a...
#SocSciAI
🇪🇺 European Parliament Pushes for Algorithmic Management Controls as Workplace AI Spreads Across Digital Economy - 🔎 Read the complete article from ComplexDiscovery OÜ's artificial intelligence beat at complexdiscovery.com/european-par.... #AI #AlgorithmicManagement #EuropeanParliament #Compliance
BREAKING:
The EMPL committee of the European Parliament has just voted to propose a new Directive on #AlgorithmicManagement.
A strong cross-group support for the Directive, from the Left to the majority of EPP. CDU and Swedish EPP members were voted out
As #AlgorithmicManagement and #AI technologies steadily spread across all sectors of the conventional economy, these emerging challenges risk undermining the resilience of existing protective frameworks
🎨🖌️ FEPS & @workers-eesc.bsky.social collaborated to present the exhibition ‘My boss, the algorithm’, which brings to life the REAL testimonies of workers under #AlgorithmicManagement
Don't miss this exhibition at @eesc.bsky.social - just make sure to register before you go!
👉 bit.ly/Understandin...
✊How can trade reunions respond to #AlgorithmicManagement and #AI in the workplace?
Representatives from trade unions discuss an effective capacity-building toolkit with inputs from:
👉 @ibarthes.bsky.social
👉Cinzia Del Rio
👉Birte Dedden
👉 Linda Larsson
👉 @aida.follows.technology
👉 Lucie Studničná
FEPS-Nordic Digital Programme presented by @montyaal.bsky.social & @gerardoosterwijk.bsky.social
▶️In 2023-2024, it focused on #AlgorithmicManagement & #PlatformWork
▶️In 2025-2026, it looks at the #AI systems' use in the #PublicSector & trade union capacity building on digital technologies at work
📑 New ETUI technical brief on #AlgorithmicManagement just out
⚖️ A legal commentary from @aida.follows.technology on a recent judgement from the Court of Justice of the European Union which clarifies key provisions under the General Data Protection Regulation #GDPR
Read it here 🔗 etui.org/Z9A
🤖Stefan Olsson, Deputy Director General DG EMPL @ec.europa.eu opens w/ keynote speech
💬 “AI & #AlgorithmicManagement offer significant opportunities to enhance productivity, workplace safety & job quality but their deployment must be carefully managed to protect fairness, dignity & workers’ rights”
As #AlgorithmicManagement and #AI technologies steadily spread across all sectors of the conventional economy, these emerging challenges risk undermining the resilience of existing protective frameworks
