Worker voice and algorithmic management in post-Brexit Britain
Collins, Philippa ; Atkinson, Joe
Transfer. European Review of Labour and Research
2023
29
1
February
37-52
labour law ; workers rights ; artificial intelligence ; collective bargaining ; trade union ; workers participation
Technology
https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589221143068
English
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"In this article, we consider the legal frameworks that enable workers to influence the deployment of new workplace technologies in the United Kingdom and the future of worker voice and algorithmic management in a post-Brexit Britain. The article demonstrates how the legal mechanisms that facilitate voice at work, primarily collective bargaining via trade unions, can be leveraged to influence employers' choices regarding algorithmic management. However, it also identifies both familiar and novel challenges regarding using these routes to ‘negotiate the algorithm'. The article then outlines major regulatory proposals emerging from the EU that would establish greater co-determination in this context and assesses their relevance to the UK labour market. It concludes by considering whether specific regulatory measures are necessary in the UK context to enhance the exercise of worker voice regarding the deployment of algorithmic management and close the widening gap between the position of UK and EU workers."
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