Meta says employees can now pause controversial workplace tracking – but only for 30 minutes
AOL
Meta’s employee tracking software, also known as its Model Capability Initiative, has raised concerns about worker compensation, choice and privacy, says Virginia Doellgast, ILR professor. [Syndicated from The Independent]
New York Times Guild has bold new Al fight with management
The Street
Research from ILR Associate Progressor Emily Zitek showing that algorithmic surveillance appears to cause decreased employee performance and increased quit rates is noted in this article about union efforts to learn how The New York Times is using AI to monitor workers.
The effort for the U.S. to pass laws banning AI-related layoffs would take “extreme political will that is absent in most states and localities,” says Gali Racabi, ILR assistant professor of labor and employment law.
Workers are training their AI replacements – one click at a time
The Independent
“Workers are producing additional value for their employers. Are they being compensated for this, and are they given a choice to opt in or opt out? Probably not,” says Virginia Doellgast, ILR professor, discussing detailed tracking of worker activity with the goal of replacing workers with AI.
How algorithms wreaked havoc with these workers' schedules and cut their pay
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio
In this article about issues with algorithmic scheduling technology, ILR Professor Virginia Doellgast explains that unions tend to bargain with employers over scheduling practices.