“AI and Employment: TUC Charts the Course for Worker Protection”
In a significant move towards safeguarding workers in the burgeoning AI age, the TUC (Trades Union Congress) has unveiled a draft bill poised to regulate the application of AI systems in workplaces. The initiative aims to instill transparency, promote fairness, and protect employees, workers, and jobseekers from obscure ‘black box' management decisions steered by algorithms.
The bill, known as the Artificial Intelligence (Regulation and Employment Rights) Bill, is a collaborative effort. Contributions have poured in from multiple stakeholders, including the AI Law Consultancy at Cloisters chambers, the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at Cambridge University, the Ada Lovelace Institute, CIPD, the British Computer Society, trade unions, and cross-party MPs.
Open for assimilation by any government, this bill emphasizes preventing potential risks stemming from the deployment of AI in employment fields. It supports the creation of safe, secure, and unbiased AI systems. Furthermore, it also strengthens trade union rights vis-à-vis the use of AI systems by employers.
Were this bill to morph into law, the stipulated rights and obligations would become enforceable at an employment tribunal. This platform ordinarily operates on a ‘no cost' framework, with involved parties bearing their expenses regardless of the verdict.
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