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Robots, algorithms and platforms: Labour Law for the changing world of work

The aim of the masterclass is to analyse the new trends which are reshaping the labour market by investigating the existing legal framework at the EU level and understand

PROFILE Master Degrees
EVENT TYPE Conferences
EVENT FORMAT Online events
DATE 28th April 2020
TIME 17:00 - 18:00 (GMT +01:00)
LANGUAGE English
Robots, algorithms and platforms: Labour Law for the changing world of work

The aim of the masterclass is to analyse the new trends which are reshaping the labour market by investigating the existing legal framework at the EU level and understanding related challenges for practitioners, lawyers and policy makers.

The scale, pace and volume of the use of technology in different markets is adding new impetus to discussions in several fields of law. However, labour law is one of the most impacted legal domains. In the face of concomitant trends reshaping the labour market, the manifold challenges posed by the digital transformation have also reignited very heated disputes on major labour law conundrums such as (i) the allegedly narrow scope of application of current labour regulation; (ii) the suitability of the traditional methods for defining the legal status of workers; (iii) the future-proofness of existing labour and social security paradigms. Indeed, the platform economy is an ideal testbed for an analysis of existing social institutions.

From a regulatory perspective, platform such ad Uber, Deliveroo, Glovo and Amazon Mechanical Turk represent a “moving target”. Ambitious expectations are being pinned new technologies making work and lives considerably innovative and cannot be let down. The goal, indeed, is to develop sustainable digital ecosystems and social institutions where high-quality employment and competitiveness are mutually reinforced.

About Antonio Aloisi:

Antonio Aloisi is Assistant Professor of European and Comparative Labour Law. Prior to joining IE University, he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI), Florence. He holds a doctorate in business and social law (2018) from Bocconi University, Milan, where he also taught at the School of Law and in the second-cycle degree course in Law of Internet Technology (2017-2019).

His research focuses on the impact of digital technologies on labour regulation and social institutions. In particular, Antonio studies non-standard forms of employment, platform work, AI, and new practices of collective action. He has been involved in several research projects commissioned by international institutions or research centres. He has authored a number of articles, book chapters and op-eds.

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