Food-delivery riders, algorithms and autonomy
A ruling by a court in Bologna has undermined platforms’ claims to impartial algorithms and autonomous contractors.
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A ruling by a court in Bologna has undermined platforms’ claims to impartial algorithms and autonomous contractors.
by Ane Aranguiz on
The Supreme Court has modified its jurisprudence on subcontracting, limiting the scope for abuse of temporary contracts.
The year-end conclusion of the EU-China investment deal was followed by a wave of arrests of pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong—not a good look.
by Aida Ponce Del Castillo on
The European Parliament’s committee exploring AI needs to give the floor to civil society. Big Tech has had enough influence.
Short-time working has saved many livelihoods during the pandemic. But the EU needs to go on to the front foot with a job guarantee programme.
by Jasmin Abdel Ghany on
National and EU-level action are needed to make seasonal labour migration in the single market a ‘win-win’ for the member states involved.
by Thorvaldur Gylfason on
Say it quietly, but Germany has learnt the lessons of Keynes. Would that others had done so too.
by Yanis Varoufakis on
National governments had been choosing not to exercise enormous powers so those globalisation had enriched could exercise their own.
by Thomas Piketty on
Thomas Piketty tells Robin Wilson how wealth and power can be transferred from capital to workers and citizens.
A window of opportunity has opened up to utilise EU law on health and safety to advance the rights of ‘gig’ workers in domestic courts.
by Marta Fana, Enrique Fernández-Macías, Ignacio González-Vázquez, Santo Milasi and Joanna Napierala on
Teleworking has surged during the pandemic. New forms of autonomy have been glimpsed, as well as new forms of control.
by Livia Spera, Luca Visentini, Roman Hebenstreit and Wolfgang Katzian on
The Dobersberger case proved that some workers could be more equal than others.
by Willi Koll on
At least as important is the reform of the procedure for preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances.
by Funda Ustek-Spilda, Fabian Ferrari, Matt Cole, Pablo Aguera Reneses and Mark Graham on
We can’t go back to a world without labour platforms, so their proprietary digital infrastructure must be recreated as a public good.
by Werner Eichhorst on
The transformation of work is not simply from jobs to automation. Its complex, variable character demands a matching policy portfolio.
by Irene Mandl on
Standard employment is not simply being replaced by non-standard work. But work is becoming more diverse and policy must accordingly become more tailored.
by Peter Bofinger on
Without major reform of the EU fiscal framework, Peter Bofinger argues, public investment will be insufficient in the wake of the pandemic.
by Per Hilmersson on
The pandemic has highlighted how public health and workers’ safety are closely intertwined.
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