[IER] Report launch: Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work

Tue Jun 4 12:43:14 BST 2024

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Report Launch: ‘Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work’

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Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work, written by Dr Joe Atkinson (University of Southampton) and Prof Philippa Collins (University of Bristol) will be published by the IER on Thursday 6th June.

Technology has revolutionised the way we work over the last 30 years, and is now changing radically the way in which working people are managed. Rapid advances in ‘artificial intelligence’ have given rise to complex and powerful algorithmic management tools that pose an increasing threat to the right of workers to enjoy decent working conditions and exercise agency over their working lives. Authors Joe Atkinson and Philippa Collins argue that existing worker protections, already hugely undermined by decades of anti-union legislation, are woefully inadequate to meet the challenges posed by these developments. They contend that a new regulatory framework is urgently needed, giving workers and their unions a genuine voice in the use of algorithmic management tools, alongside recognition and protection of their rights and access to justice that ensures their employers can be held to account. The Institute is happy to present this publication as a timely contribution to debate on pressing issues of our age.

The official launch of this publication takes place on Thursday 6th June at 5pm, Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BB. There will be a drinks reception to follow.

After a presentation of the report by the authors, there will be a discussion of the challenges to workers’ rights posed by the adoption of algorithmic management with a panel of experts. The panel will respond to the authors’ proposals to strengthen collective voice and trade union capacities in this arena and introduce a new framework of rights to ensure workers are adequately protected in the age of algorithmic management. 

5pm: Refreshments and welcome

5.30pm: Panel discussion and Q&A. Speakers:

• Nicola Countouris: Professor of Labour Law and European Law at UCL, and previously Director of Research at the ETUI.

• Mike Clancy: General Secretary of Prospect, and TUC spokesperson on AI.

• Anna Thomas: Director and Co-Founder of Institute for the Future of Work.

6.45pm: Drinks reception

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'Algorithmic Management and a New Generation of Rights at Work’ by Dr Joe Atkinson and Dr Philippa Collins published by the IER on 6th June. 
Date: 6 June 2024
Start Time: 5pm
Venue: Mander Hall, Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London
WC1H 9BB

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