New laws come into force in Australia giving workers the ‘right to disconnect’

Workers across Australia can now refuse to monitor, read or respond to work communication outside paid hours – unless doing so is unreasonable – after the federal government’s workplace reforms …

Ministry extends labor protections to YouTube production staff injured during shoot

According to local reports Monday, the ministry’s decision came on Aug. 8 with regard to the case filed by Lim Dong-seok, a man in his 20s who had worked as …

Judge Says Artists Can Sue AI Companies for Using Their Work

While claims of unjust enrichment and breach of contract were thrown out in the landmark lawsuit, the copyright infringement complaints were deemed plausible. A group of 10 visual artists can …

IBM Japan to disclose how AI is used to evaluate its work force

A labor-management dispute at IBM Japan over personnel evaluations using artificial intelligence (AI) is now resolved under a landmark agreement. The Japan Metal, Manufacturing, Information and Telecommunication Workers’ Union (JMITU) revealed the agreement at …

Navigating the impact of AI systems in the workplace: strengths and loopholes of the EU AI Act from a labour perspective

“The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace presents both opportunities and risks. It may improve productivity and working conditions, but if misapplied or opaquely used, may exacerbate …

BARGAINING OVER WORKERS’ DATA RIGHTS: How Unions and Works Councils Can Use Collective Bargaining to Specify Workplace Data Protection Norms

“Workplace compliance with existing data protection law appears poor. A variety of reasons explain poor compliance, including a lack of legal clarity. Therefore, in order to boost workplace data protection …

Improving Workplace Data Protection Compliance

Achieving Workplace GDPR Compliance, Clarifying National Workplace Data Protection Rules, and Enhancing Worker Data Protection through Social Dialogue This paper explores what social partners, governments and civil society organisations can …

Care platforms: Impacts and challenges from a trade union perspective

“Increasing demand for long-term care (LTC) is a critical issue for the European Union (EU). According to the European Care Strategy, currently around 6 million people work in LTC in …

Leveraging Data Protection Law for Protecting Workers’ Fundamental Right to Health and Safety in the Workplace: the Amazon Case

The American company Amazon has made headlines several times for monitoring its workers in warehouses across Europe and beyond.1 What is new is that a national data protection authority has recently …

Tribunal de Uruguay reconoce la laboralidad en Uber

Importante fallo del Tribunal de Apelaciones del Trabajo de Uruguay reconoce que los conductores de Uber son trabajadores dependientes. La defensa del trabajador corrió a cargo del abogado Federico Rosenbaun. …