Marc Angel

2. Stresses that new technologies in the workplace can constitute a competitive advantage and may bring better return to the companies using them; underlines in this regard the fact that...

3. Recognises that in-work education and training on new technologies introduced in the workplace, particularly those that directly affect workers' tasks and performance is...

4. Calls on the Commission to present concrete proposals related to the Union of Skills strategy and to ensure that the expected Quality Jobs Roadmap...

10. Underlines the need to monitor and address those risks in a comprehensive manner and that any new deployment or significant change of AI tools or algorithmic management systems in...

12. Underlines the need for the clear assignment of oversight responsibilities in workplaces in line with the ‘human in control principle’, ensuring accountability...

14. Calls on Member States to guarantee effective reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities in line with the Directive 2000/78/EC, respecting their ultimate authority to...

15. Stresses that if the Union aims to be at the forefront of the digital transition, it must lead by example in setting high standards for the deployment of AI at the workplace,...

A. whereas the digital transition, driven by digitalisation, automation and artificial intelligence (AI), is profoundly reshaping labour markets, leading to the disappearance of some jobs and...

B. whereas the digital transition at the workplace should be steered in a manner that enhances productivity, innovation, and the competitiveness of the European economy and the common market;...

G. whereas it is important to address work-related risks stemming from AI systems and algorithmic management such as time and performance pressure, work intensification, monitoring and...

I. whereas it is estimated that over one-quarter of companies in the Union use at least one form of algorithmic management; whereas the uptake of algorithmic management is likely to grow...

J. whereas 62% of Europeans have a positive view of the use of robots and AI in the workplace; whereas 66% of Europeans believe that more jobs will disappear than be created due to the...

K. whereas the consultation and involvement of workers and their representatives in the procurement, design and post-deployment review of new technologies can...

(1a) This Directive should apply to workers who have an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by the law, collective agreements or practice in force in each Member State,...

(1b) According to the International Labour Organization (ILO) Workers’ Representatives Convention No 135 (1971), currently ratified by 24 Member States, worker representatives can be persons...

(7) There are about 20 million solo self-employed persons in the Union, accounting for almost 10% of the workforce. Depending on their contractual arrangements and...

1. This Directive lays down minimum requirements to improve working conditions and the protection of workers’ data by promoting transparency, fairness, human oversight,...

1. ‘algorithmic management’ means automated monitoring systems and automated decision-making systems;

2. ‘worker’ means any person who has or is deemed to have an employment contract or an employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreements or practice...

4. ‘employer’ means the natural or legal person who is party to an employment contract or an employment relationship with a worker, in...

1. Member States shall ensure that employers and procurers of services provide, respectively, their workers and the solo self-employed persons with whom they have a contract or an...

(ca) the aim of monitoring and how the system is to carry out that monitoring;

3. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided with the involvement of workers’ representatives at the following times:

The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided in the form of a written document, which may be in electronic form. The information shall be presented in a transparent,...

4c. The employer or procurer of services shall provide workers, free of charge, with tools to facilitate the effective exercise of their portability rights referred to in Article 20 of...

Consultation and participation

1. Member States shall ensure that the deployment of new systems of algorithmic management, or such updates to existing systems, which directly affect workers' remuneration, working arrangements,...

1a. Where the review referred to in paragraph 1 identifies a high risk of discrimination at work in the use of algorithmic management or finds that individual decisions taken or supported by...

2. Member States shall ensure that workers and solo self-employed persons, upon request, have the right to obtain from the employer or the procurer of services, a written explanation...

2. This Directive applies to every worker, with an employment contract or employment relationship as defined by law, collective agreements or practice in a Member State, and every...