Big Tech sets unfair terms and conditions for AI data workers globally

“The AI data work market is thriving, but the workers are not Across the world, AI data workers have exposed and challenged their precarious working conditions. Their employers, although not …

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Without Robust Guardrails, AI Harms Workers

“An overview of how unregulated AI deployment harms workers This issue brief exposes the reality behind the AI hype, documenting how employers are rapidly deploying error-prone and biased systems to …

Jueces laborales contra la libertad sindical

La reforma laboral de 2019 ha traído avances importantes en materia colectiva, pero también muchos retrocesos. Se han incrementado en los juzgados laborales en materia colectiva criterios con apariencia de justicia pero que obstaculizan la libertad sindical en materia …

Labour law and epistemic injustice

In this blog, I wish to set out the importance of considerations of epistemic (in)justice to labour law: the capacity of workers and employers as knowing subjects. This continues the …

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OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible AI

“This report provides practical guidance to enterprises for implementing OECD standards on responsible business conduct (RBC) and the OECD AI Principles when developing and using artificial intelligence (AI). It aims …

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Gen AI, occupational segregation and gender equality in the world of work

This brief has shown that women are more exposed to the impacts of Gen AI than men, due to their concentration in occupations and tasks that are more susceptible to …

ILO: Realizing decent work in the platform economy – Draft Convention and Recommendation

This is the fourth and last report for the standard-setting item on Realizing decent work in the platform economy. It is based on the replies to the third report and …

BUILDING PRO-WORKER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

This paper defines pro-worker technologies, including Artificial Intelligence, as technologies that make human skills and expertise more valuable by expanding worker capabilities. Our conceptual framework distinguishes among five categories of …

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“Farmers Have No Freedom” Abuse and Exploitation of Cotton and Wheat Farmers in Uzbekistan

In recent years, the Uzbekistan government ended state-imposed forced labor in the cotton harvest and committed to undertake reforms of the agricultural sector more broadly. The government has adopted a …

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When Workers Pierce the Corporate Veil: Brazil’s Forgotten Innovation

Ask any corporate law scholar about the origins of corporate group law, and you’ll likely hear about Germany. The German Konzernrecht, codified in 1965, is celebrated as the pioneering framework for …

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