A Crisis Hiding in Plain SightWhen 14-year-old Cristian should be in a classroom learning, he’s swinging a hammer on a construction site. Fifteen-year-old Carolina spends her nights in a factory,…
Practice and academic insights into artificial intelligence in work
Accept it: artificial intelligence is changing how we work, and we must adapt to it. This was the tenor of the discussion amongst…
What is the impact of artificial intelligence on workers’ rights? “AttivIAmoci: inclusione digitale e sviluppo tecnologico rispettoso dei diritti” explores this question and others.…
AI Act and Prevention Regulations
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act) subjects the entire discipline of the employment relationship to a stress-test, forcing the interpreter to question the…
War simultaneously reveals existing societal inequalities, vulnerabilities, and fragility but also provides a window for transformative change. The Ukrainian employment market faces workforce…
Surface-Level Compliance vs. Meeting The Deeper Purpose
The Platform Work Directive has finally entered into force, and with it an obligation for Member States to establish an effective rebuttable…
Introduction
On February 2, 2025, a significant milestone was reached in protecting workers’ fundamental rights as Chapter I [General Provisions] and Chapter II [Prohibited Practices] of the AI Act…
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)[1] is the principal law protecting the labor rights of private-sector employees in the United States. While the second Trump administration’s attack on workers…
On 11 March 2024, the European co-legislators approved a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work—the ‘Platform Work Directive’ (PWD).[1] It targets two challenges in digital labour…
Comment on CJEU judgment of December 19, 2024 – Case C-531/23 Loredas ECLI:EU:C:2024:1050
In many jurisdictions, domestic workers are still excluded from key areas of labour and social security law.…
