Algorithms are being deployed to automate managerial tasks in an increasingly wide variety of industries and settings. Amazon, Uber, and UPS, for example, use them to oversee the movements and ...

Some people see their managers as lacking intelligence, but what if that “manager” is artificially intelligent? What if the manager is an app? A recent study suggests AI may be ready to serve ...

How do things work out when people are managed by algorithms, versus actual human beings? Likely, jobs get shredded into microtasks. At this time, algorithmically managed jobs tend to be contract or ...

Aislinn Kelly-Lyth, formerly a researcher at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford, works at Blackstone Chambers in London. M. Six Silberman and Halefom Abraha are postdoctoral ...

While the world holds its breath to see if the US tech industry can bring about human-level artificial intelligence — and therefore completely rewrite the social contract and economy — experts are ...

Companies are increasingly using algorithmic management tools as a way to maximize the exploitation of workers. The power that managers gain from these tools can seem daunting, but there are ...

In General Counsel Memorandum 23-02, National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced a new and unprecedented prosecutorial initiative aimed at employers that utilize ...

In this article we analyse the significance for critical logistics studies of a neglected chapter in industrial relations history, the introduction of so-called ‘Engineered Standards’ into the ...

The NLRB’s lead attorney recently issued a memorandum about employee monitoring and algorithmic management. In it, the General Counsel vows to “vigorously” enforce existing law to protect worker’s ...