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Technology is changing the world of work.

Platforms and apps are driving the gig economy. Automation and AI are reshaping the jobs market and data analytics is surfacing new employee insights. Technology has the capacity to increase productivity and make ‘human’ skills more valuable. But it also threatens to replace jobs and could widen wealth inequality. So how should business respond?

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Building Your Company’s AI Governance Framework

The use of AI has grown rapidly, from simplistic chatbots to sophisticated conversationalists that are close to passing the Turing test of whether a machine can engage in a conversation with a human…

Author(s): Rikki Haria, Theresa Ehlen, Christine Lyon, Jeanne Queneudec, Edward Dean, Christine Chong, Laura Llangozi

  • ai
  • consumer
  • corporate
  • cyber security
  • data protection
  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • europe
  • innovation
  • intellectual property
  • tech media and telecoms

German government paper confirms current trends in employee data protection law

The core German legal basis for processing employee personal data was recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The practical implications should be limited though because in most…

Author(s): Tibor Szigetvari, Hendrik Witt, Julia Förster, Sebastian Rombey

  • germany
  • data privacy
  • gdpr
  • employment
  • data protection

Worklife2.0 – EU releases its package on better protection for platform workers

The EU Commission published its long-awaited platform workers proposals on Thursday 9 December. This is an important milestone in a very long process, and follows multiple consultation rounds,…

Author(s): Jean-Francois Gerard, Holly Insley, Raquel Flórez, Laura Llangozi, Amy Rentell

  • employment
  • europe
  • platforms
  • regulatory

Virtual industrial action: what employers in Germany should expect

In Germany, the pandemic-induced move to homeworking is posing new challenges not only for employers and employees but also for trade unions. Government-imposed restrictions on public assembly have…

Author(s): Tibor Szigetvari, Kai-Martin Gohmert

  • social media
  • employment
  • europe

WorkLife 2.0: Towards a legal right to work from home in Europe?

Home working has been a prominent feature of the pandemic, as it was recommended - or even made compulsory - as a temporary measure across the globe. The circumstances surrounding Covid-19 led to…

Author(s): Jean-Francois Gerard, Laura Llangozi, Raquel Flórez, Amy Rentell, Jack Harrison

  • employment
  • europe

WorkLife 2.0: a new 'rider law' in Spain that will affect a part of the gig economy

The Spanish government has ratified a new Royal Decree-law on guaranteeing the labour rights of individuals engaged in delivery services offered by digital platforms. Known as the 'rider law', it…

Author(s): Raquel Flórez, Juan Pastor

  • europe
  • employment

Belgium and COVID-19: obligation to register non-homeworkable functions as of 1 April 2021

Since the entry into force of the Ministerial Decree of 28 October 2020 on 2 November 2020, working from home has been again mandatory for all employers and workers (regardless whether the employer’s…

Author(s): Brunhilde Van Den Haute, Géraldine Jaffrès

  • europe
  • employment

Worklife 2.0: the hybrid workplace – challenges for employers in the year ahead

The changes that the COVID-19 pandemic imposed on the world of work, and the new hybrid workplace that is expected to emerge in 2021, will keep legal and HR teams busy during the year ahead. This is…

Author(s): Holly Insley, Chantelle Nicholas, Jean-Francois Gerard, Laura Llangozi

  • employment
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