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 …

An International Blueprint for Forced Labor Import Bans

Forced labor is a grievous violation of human rights. Defined under ILO Convention No. 29 as all work exacted under the menace of a penalty and for which workers have …

‘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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Women at greater risk of AI job losses, warns ILO

new report from the International Labour Organization (ILO) has revealed that women are considerably more likely to see their jobs put at risk by the rise of generative AI, with …

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 …

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 …