All news: algorithmic management
AI and work
The messy business of managing people at work: Is AI the solution?
As AI rapidly transforms recruitment and workplace management, ILO Senior Economist Janine Berg examines the messy realities behind AI in HR and explores whether these emerging systems actually improve decision-making, or simply automate flawed...
Artificial intelligence
New ILO brief explains what AI exposure indicators reveal about jobs
The findings underline both the usefulness of these measures and their limitations in predicting job losses or labour market outcomes.
Artificial intelligence
ILO study highlights the need for human resource managers to better understand AI-related risks
The publication examines the growing use of AI in HR and warns that flawed system design can undermine effective people management.
AI and Work
Governing AI in the World of Work: A review of global ethics guidelines
A new ILO study examines how 245 global AI ethics frameworks address issues related to work and labour rights, and the extent to which AI governance is tied with decent work and fundamental principles and rights.
International Labour Review Blog
Legal services on platforms: How inequality is reproduced
This blog, drawn from research published in the International Labour Review, explores how digital labour platforms in legal services reproduce long-standing gendered inequalities, despite appearing less hierarchical than traditional firms.
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ILO launches Global Policy Tracker on Digital Labour Platforms
A new ILO resource to support evidence-based policymaking and social dialogue on platform work.
World Day for Safety and Health at Work 2025
Around the world, the 2025 SafeDay campaign explored how AI and digitalization are revolutionizing safety and health
Every 28 April, the ILO commemorates the World Day for Safety and Health at Work to promote safe, healthy and decent working environments.
AI and Work
AI provides innovative ways to improve compliance with labour laws
AI is making labour inspections smarter and more effective. MIRA, a tool developed for Albania’s Labour Inspectorate with ILO support, helps inspectors spot workplace violations faster by using machine learning to analyze risks and predict problems....
AI and Work
The Artificial Intelligence illusion: How invisible workers fuel the "automated" economy
While AI is celebrated as a driver of automation, its success hinges on an invisible workforce performing low-paid, precarious tasks under challenging conditions. This article unpacks the hidden realities of AI's "human-in-the-loop" model and its...
Future of work
Algorithmic management practices in regular workplaces are already a reality
While it can improve productivity and service quality, algorithmic management also presents risks to workers’ surveillance and job quality, particularly if there aren’t robust legal safeguards.
Algorithmic management: what it is, what it does and what it means for the future of work
Algorithmic management has been seen as a positive technological and digital factor in the organization of economic activity, but it also raises a range of challenges. While some may see it useful for increasing organizational ability to control and...