A new perspective emerged from a study published in the Journal of Management Science and Engineering: algorithmic control is not merely a "negative management tool". Instead, its three-dimensional ...

Unlike the EU model, the legislation only delivers superficial transparency, cements gig workers’ second-class status and ...

For millions of gig workers driving for companies such as Uber Eats, DoorDash and Deliveroo, there is no human manager to call, no supervisor to appeal to and no office to walk into. Decisions about ...

In a new article, researchers explored whether a worker can create a psychological contract with a non-human agent in the form of an algorithm that mediates their relationship with an organization.

As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence ...

HYDERABAD: Traditionally, gig and platform workers have been defined as individuals engaged in short-term, freelance work without long-term commitment to any single employer. However, in Telangana’s ...

On New Year’s Eve this year, while much of urban India was preoccupied with countdowns, celebrations, and the familiar ritual of drawing a line under the past twelve months, a more consequential ...

Algorithms-as-managers keep seeping into our workplace landscape, creating work orders, handling timesheets, tracking performance, and other tasks. At this time, algorithmically managed jobs range ...

A new report from the Centre for Responsible AI at IIT Madras shows that this system has opened real economic opportunities, ...

The gig economy runs on hidden rules. Every day, millions of workers in the United States log into apps like Uber, DoorDash, and Amazon Flex to earn a living, without knowing how much they’ll be paid, ...

A group of 33 civil society groups, trade unions, and human rights organizations called on Tuesday for the creation of a new treaty that would enshrine labor protections and legal standards for “gig” ...