Spanish Supreme Court rules teleworker’s heart attack a workplace accident

Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that an employee’s fatal heart attack suffered at home during her company’s flexible hours window was a workplace accident.  The employee was a senior administrative …

Algorithms of Exploitation

Across the world, hundreds of millions of people find work through digital labor platforms — driving passengers, delivering food and packages, cleaning homes, or completing jobs arranged through an app. …

Report of the ILO Director-General: A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work

“A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work 1. In reflecting on the theme of this year’s report A moment of choice: Harnessing artificial intelligence for decent work, …

Big Tech’s Cross-Border Abuses Demand an International Response

On April 16, news broke that Meta had cut ties with its contractor in Kenya, Sama, ending a long-standing outsourcing arrangement it had for content moderation and artificial intelligence training. The …

Forget the AI job apocalypse. AI’s real threat is worker control and surveillance

The real danger that artificial intelligence poses to work is not just job loss – it is the growing divide between people who use AI to extend their skills and those whose …

El Tribunal Supremo considera accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio sufrido en su domicilio por una teletrabajadora con horario laboral flexible

El Pleno de la Sala Social del Tribunal Supremo ha considerado accidente de trabajo el infarto de miocardio que causó la muerte de una teletrabajadora en su domicilio, dentro del …

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty …

ILO Working Paper: Navigating workers’ data rights in the digital age

A historical, current, and future perspective on workers’ data protection “Over recent decades, comprehensive data protection legislation has proliferated worldwide, with a majority of jurisdictions enacting robust statutory regimes. Despite …

‘Uber for nurses’: gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds

Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the “Uber for nursing” industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published on Tuesday. …

ILO: Conclusions and recommendations – Technical meeting on challenges and opportunities for promoting decent work, productivity and a just transition arising from artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry

Manufacturing and the impact of artificial intelligence 1. Manufacturing spans an extraordinary breadth of industries across the world. It remains at the heart of economic transformation, technological innovation, and social …