US workers are set to face increasingly invasive surveillance through the analysis of automated data by their employers, and US laws are not adequate enough to provide protection for them. Even for workers who are considered employees, technology allows employers to take advantage of the gaps in workplace laws like never before. The report also highlights that there is a growing trend towards “algorithmic surveillance” in many countries, including China, where it has been used as an excuse to crack down on civil society groups who have Current laws leave both employees and gig workers unprotected, he claimed.
US workers are set to face increasingly invasive surveillance through the analysis of automated data by their employers, and US laws are not adequate enough to provide protection for them. The report also highlights that there is a growing trend towards “algorithmic surveillance” in many countries, including China, where it has been used as an excuse to crack down on civil society groups who have Current laws leave both employees and gig workers unprotected, he claimed.