Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work

‘Calls on the Commission and Member States to continue monitoring the demand and supply on the labour market, and promote cooperation between educational institutions, employers and trade unions, in order to better anticipate the future skills needed to embrace the potential of digital transition; underlines a thorough skills assessment will help workers, employers and training providers identify upskilling and reskilling needs related to artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace; stresses that such an assessment should be practical, accessible and adapted to the specific realities of SMEs, and serve as a basis for targeted training programmes supported through existing Union and national funding;’

‘stresses that the current lack of disaggregated data regarding the prevalence and type of AI and algorithmic management systems deployed and the categories of workers subject to them hinders evidenced-based policy making, and urges the Commission to improve data collection in this area;’

‘and submit on the basis of Articles 153(2), point (b), in conjunction with Article 153(1), point (b), and Article 16(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and of the result of the aforementioned steps, a legislative proposal on algorithmic management in the workplace, following the recommendations set out in the Annex hereto, which would address the remaining gaps in existing legislation, avoid creation of overlapping legal instruments and improve harmonisation of the internal market;’ without the word ‘legislative’