LITTLE TECH Goes Global: The Expansion of AI and Workplace Surveillance

The following discussion delves into the multifaceted trends that characterize the ongoing transformation in workplace technology. It explores the expansion of surveillance technologies beyond the realms of Big Tech, the …

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The logistics sector has become increasingly important to the European economy over the past years due to the spread of e-commerce, which has brought about consumer-driven supply chains and integrated …

Realising Decent Work in the Platform Economy: Addressing Intermediated Platform Employment in Food Delivery and Data Work

“The digital platform economy has grown rapidly across sectors, encompassing services from transportation and delivery to data annotation and content moderation. While much of the policy focus has been on …

Unexplained migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia

A FairSquare investigation into the deaths of low-paid migrant workers in Saudi Arabia suggests there is a critical absence of effective policies and processes to determine the cause of migrant …

Revolutionizing health and safety: The role of AI and digitalization at work.

Based on an in-depth desk review, key informant interviews and a review of policy and practice, this report explores the changes digital technologies are bringing to safety and health at …

Issue Brief: How State and Local Government Can Support Workers’ Right to Form and Join Unions

For nearly a century, the right to form and join unions has been established by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). That right is imperiled by recent actions at the …

Two years of the German Supply Chain Act: An interim assessment

Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) has only been in force for two years, and the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (EU CSDDD) for less than one—yet both …

ILO – Decent work opportunities and challenges in recycling

For millennia, recycling has been a fundamental economic activity and part of everyday life for humankind. In ancient history, economies were largely based on agriculture, waste was primarily organic, volumes …

Competition and labour – A Trade Union Reading of EU Competition Policies

“Competition practices are facing a growing range of criticisms amid concerns with corporate power at an all-time high. This raises a number of challenges, including adverse impact on sustainability issues …

European Commission: Study exploring the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management

The present study was carried out to provide the Commission with a comprehensive, evidence-based analysis of the context, challenges, opportunities, and trends in algorithmic management (AM) in the workplace, as …