Algorithmic management tools
are used in recruitment, surveillance
and daily decision-making
of workers’ lives. One-third
out of 1395 respondents are
aware that such tools are used
at their workplace, one-third
believe that this is not the case
and the remainder do not know
anything about such tools.
•
Workers state that trade unions
have raised ethical issues and
discussed automatic surveillance
with the employer. One-third,
however, have not perceived
any trade union activity and
workers are calling for more action
to increase the transparency
of algorithmic management.
•
Despite the fact that collective
bargaining targeting algorithmic
management is rare, several
examples of collective agreements
and arrangements
are already in place and
worth examining
more closely.
Author(s): Barbora Holubová
Publisher: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 20
City: Brüssel
Title page
Table of contents
1
Introduction
2
Methodology
3
Awareness of algorithmic management use and risks
Graph 1
Average awareness of AM usage at the workplace (N=1158, as a %)
Graph 2
Awareness of AM usage by item (N=1158, %)
Graph 3
Awareness of algorithmic management risks (N=1156, as a %)
4
Trade unions response to mitigate and prevent AM risks
4.1 Trade union practices
4.2 Collective bargaining
4.3 Workers’ expectations regarding trade union action
Table 1
Trade union action and practices to address risks related to AM (N=986, as a %, multiple responses possible)
Graph 4
The magnitude of importance of issues to be included in bargaining (N=969, as a %)
Graph 5
Workers’ expectations towards trade unions regarding the AM risk being addressed (N=987, as a %)
5
Employers’ practices addressing and mitigating the risks caused by AM
5.1 Employers’ practices
5.2 Workers’expectations regarding employers’ actions
Graph 6
Average workers’ experience with employer practices relating to AM transparency (N=1077, as a %)
Table 2
Workers' experience with employers’ practices with regard to AM risks (N=1031, %)
Graph 7
Workers’ experiences with employers’ practices relating to AM transparency by type of practices (N= 1077, %)
Graph 8
Worker’s expectations regarding employers’ AM actions (N=1034, %)
6
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex
Sample Structure
Bibliography
List of graphs
List of tables
Abbreviations
About the author
Imprint
Summary
