US workers are set to face increasingly invasive surveillance through the analysis of automated data by their employers , and current laws are not adequate enough to provide protection for them . The rise of AI , robotics , VR and monitoring systems have created a need for employment laws to change , according to David Smith , professor of law at the University of North Carolina . They may not even be informed that it is occurring. 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 current laws are not adequate enough to provide protection for them . The rise of AI , robotics , VR and monitoring systems have created a need for employment laws to change , according to David Smith , professor of law at the University of North Carolina . Current laws leave both employees and gig workers unprotected , he claimed .