On 16 March, the German NGO AlgorithmWatch, with the support of the Hans Böckler Foundation, published a study advocating that workforce representatives should be more closely involved in the deployment of AI and automated decision-making systems, from the design phase through to their deployment. The authors want to go further than either current legislation, which puts forward a risk mitigation approach, or “trade union discussions focus[ed] on addressing … ethical standards”. “… a step toward more practice- and process-oriented approaches is urgently needed” by “empower[ing] employees in the face of algorithmic decision-making”, via “transparency requirements, support for co-participatory governance approaches, or funding for ADM-focused training programmes for employee representatives”.
Germany: AlgorithmWatch’s study “From risk mitigation to employee action along the Machine Learning Pipeline”
Date of publication
1 March 2023
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English
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Germany
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Industrial relations
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