Algorithmic Management Consequences for Work Organisation and Working Conditions
Dr. Alex J. Wood, University of Bristol*This blog is based on a lecture delivered within Reshaping Work DialogueAlgorithmic management is a high-profile term but it is much less clear what the term means. If you…
Four Philosophical Considerations of AI Ethics
Filippo Santoni de Sio, TU Delft*This blog is based on a lecture delivered within Reshaping Work DialogueNowadays, we can hear complaints that increased focus on ethics of AI is self-defeating or even backfiring. Apparently, such…
Reshaping Work Welcomes All Stakeholders Concerned by the Future of Work!
This is the English version of a recent NextConomy interview with Jovana Karanovic, Managing Director of the Reshaping Work Foundation, by Philip Verhaeghe. Jovana Karanovic is also Assistant Professor at the Erasmus University (Rotterdam School…
PLATFORM WORK IN ARGENTINA: WILL REGULATION CATCH UP WITH IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC?
Not only the pandemic crisis, but also years of economic recessions impacted heavily on the labour market. One of the main consequences lies in the rise of unemployment as well as a higher participation of…
Algorithmic Transparency or Glass Cage?
Although algorithmic transparency was only briefly touched upon by the EC proposal, its importance merits further deliberation especially when it comes to how it interacts with worker representation and participation.Although AI-powered algorithms are relatively new,…
Festina Lente or Rise to the Occasion for the EU Member States?
Their numbers are envisaged to reach 43 million platform workers as soon as in 2025 (PPMI, 2021).The platformization of work is on many grounds disputing the existing typologies of the conceptual systems which usually result…
Gaps in the EU Directive Leave Most Vulnerable Platform Workers Unprotected
By (mis-)classifying workers as independent contractors, platforms have long denied their workers many employment rights, including the rights to a minimum wage, health and safety protection, social security, transparency of terms and conditions, and collective…
Is the Glass Full or Still Half Empty?
Article two of the directive specifies that it will apply to all forms of digitally-mediated work ‘irrespective of whether that work is performed online (e.g. on Upwork) or offline (e.g. Deliveroo or Uber) in a…
Platform Workers to be Seen and Heard
Deborah Giustini, KU LeuvenPlatform work has become a major global broker of commerce in labour, assets, and services sold and purchased through a variety of digital platforms. In the EU, over 28 million people work…
Reshaping Legislations, Not the Workers
Digital platforms, once touted as new-age innovative start-ups, paved the way for what is now a full-fledged platform economy, poised to be valued at USD 10 trillion by 2025, in the US alone. Notably, since…