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A policy primer and roadmap on AI worker surveillance and productivity scoring tools
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Algorithmic worker surveillance and productivity scoring tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are becoming prevalent and ubiquitous technologies in the workplace. These tools are applied across white and blue-collar jobs, and gig economy roles. In the absence of legal protections, and strong collective action capabilities, workers are in an imbalanced power position to challenge the practices of employers using these tools. Use of such tools undermines human dignity and human rights. These tools are also built on fundamentally erroneous assumptions. The primer section of this paper provides stakeholders (policymakers, advocates, workers, and unions) with insights into assumptions embedded in workplace surveillance and scoring technologies, how employers use these systems which impact human rights. The roadmap section lays out actionable recommendations for policy and regulatory changes which can be enacted by federal agencies and labor unions. The paper uses major policy frameworks developed or supported by the United States as the foundation for policy recommendations. These are Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Principles for the Responsible Stewardship of Trustworthy AI (OECD AI Principles), Fair Information Practices (FIPs) and the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.
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- Authors
- Hickok, M., & Maslej, N.
- Corresponding author
- Hickok, Merve
- ORCID
- Hickok, Merve
- Venue
- AI and Ethics
- Published
- 2023-03-20
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 673-687
- ISSN
- 2730-5953 (ISSN-L)
- 2730-5961
- PMC
- PMC10026198
- OpenAlex
- W4360979770
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 20 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 1
- FWCI
- 12.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- AI and Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Industrial relations › Legal and Labor Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › AI and HR Technologies
- Keywords
- workplace monitoring, artificial intelligence in the workplace, workers' rights, human rights, gig economy, trade unions, AI regulation, responsible AI, fair information practices, AI Bill of Rights, OECD AI Principles, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, policy recommendations
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