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Content type: Advocacy
UPDATES:The Platform Work Directive (PWD) became law in October 2024. Member States have until December 2026 to implement its provisions into their national law. The final text of the PWD provides the following:A person performing platform work cannot be fired or suspended based on a decision made by an algorithm or automated decision-making systems.Platforms must provide upfront information, in "clear and plain language", about their use of automated decision-making systems.Platform workers…
Content type: Long Read
Imagine your performance at work was assessed directly from the amount of e-mails sent, the amount of time consumed editing a document, or the time spent in meetings or even moving your mouse. This may sound ludicrous but your boss might be doing exactly that. There are more and more stories emerging of people being called into meetings to justify gaps in their work only to find out their boss had been watching them work without their knowledge.
The Covid-19 global pandemic has reshuffled the…