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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New Book: Monitored at Work

“Monitored at Work is a legal study, beyond the traditional privacy paradigm, that explores the historical and conceptual foundations of the employer’s monitoring power, tracing its evolution from the Industrial …

Applying human rights due diligence in the workplace to achieve a Just Transition: a trade union guide

This ITUC guide supports trade unions in promoting Just Transition by applying Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) in the workplace and across supply chains. It equips unions with tools to …

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EU Guidelines to Transpose EU Platform Work Directive

The European Commission has published its guidelines for member-states when transposing the EU Platform Work Directive. The guidelines are the product of an expert working group made up of member-state …

Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal: Privacy at Work in an Era of New Technologies

This journal has a group of articles focused on digital privacy at work. “PRIVACY PROTECTION has become an increasingly complex and controversial issue, fuelling academic and policy discussions, particularly in …

Driven Down: How Workplace Technology Enables Amazon to Steal Wages, Hide Labor, Intensify Poor Working Conditions, and Evade Responsibility

“Amazon delivery drivers, alongside warehouse workers and other people in the Amazon delivery supply chain, are subject to intense amounts of surveillance. Amazon has multiple avenues for surveilling its delivery …

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Anti-Trafficking Review: Climate Emergency and Work on a Heated Planet

“This Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review explores the impacts of the climate crisis on migration, precarious labour, and human trafficking. Contributions from across Asia, Africa, and the Americas illustrate how slow- …

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Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Rising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed. It says the world’s …

Climate Refugees Are Already Here—And Democracy Hangs In The Balance

At the end of July, the Frankfurter Rundschau ran an alarming headline: “First country on Earth to become uninhabitable—alarming forecast.” The island nation of Tuvalu in the South Pacific will most likely …