#work (16 results)

Explainer

Automatically rejected? How AI systems can discriminate in hiring processes.

AI-based recruitment systems can pre-screen and evaluate applications or recommend suitable candidates. These algorithm-based systems can save HR managers time but also carry the risk of systematic discrimination, which often goes unnoticed.

Media release

Discrimination through AI hiring tools: Research project presents new solutions

A major European research project is releasing new tools, approaches, and concrete recommendations aimed at tackling discrimination in job recruiting caused by AI hiring tools. 

The AI Revolution Comes With the Exploitation of Gig Workers 

Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies manage the human work behind AI development. However, they face accusations of worker exploitation, underpayment and wage theft. Big tech companies benefit from this work model.

Publication

Using AI responsibly: Our Impact Assessment Tool

Algorithmic and AI-based systems can have ethically relevant effects on people. Those who use them therefore bear a special responsibility. The impact assessment tool developed by AlgorithmWatch supports and empowers users to fulfill this responsibility.

Scams and Shadow Workers: A Black Market is Selling European Accounts for AI Training

AI data annotation companies are losing control of their supply chain. Criminal networks are taking over the work account management.

Interview with Moira Daviet

Algorithmic discrimination in the world of work

The use of AI tools in hiring can have discriminatory effects. The FINDHR Horizon Europe project looks at how this type of discrimination can be tackled.

Training measures

What trade unions need to know about algorithms in the workplace

Companies in Switzerland are increasing their use of algorithmic systems in the workplace. Worker participation is an important factor to make sure that this technological transformation has positive effects on employees. This publication sums up what trade unions need to know about algorithmic systems in the workplace and how they can enable employee participation.

Legal report

How employees can influence the use of algorithms in their workplace – a legal perspective

Algorithmic systems are increasingly being used in workplaces in Switzerland. Under the current legal framework, companies should involve their employees in certain decisions. However, this is often not the case in practice. This report shows which rights employees have as well as which obligations employers have when it comes to employee participation, what gaps can be identified in the legal framework and how these could be closed.

The 5 Best Podcasts on Algorithms and Work

Interested in how algorithmic systems affect us at work? Here are some well-researched podcast episodes to get drawn into.

Help us fight injustice in hiring!

Donate your CV to fight together against automated discrimination in job application procedures!

Atlas of Automation

To detect benefit fraud, measure work performance, predict a person's creditworthiness or show us personalised content online - algorithms and so-called "artificial intelligence" are shaping our everyday lives today. Where, by whom and for what purpose these algorithmic systems are used, however, is largely a black box. With the Atlas of Automation, AlgorithmWatch CH now sheds light on the darkness.

A dollar for your face: Meet the people behind Machine Learning models

Wolt: Couriers’ feelings don’t always match the transparency report

In August, the Finnish delivery service Wolt published its first “algorithmic transparency report”. We asked three couriers about their experiences. They don't always match the report’s contents.

Project “FINDHR”

How to Reduce Discrimination when Using Algorithms in Recruitment

AI that pre-sorts job applications? As part of the Horizon Europe project “FINDHR,” we developed algorithms, methods, and training to reduce discrimination when AI is used in recruitment. Here are our findings.

Project "Analytics for the People?"

What algorithms at the workplace mean for worker rights and participation

In a joint project with the trade union syndicom, AlgorithmWatch CH investigated how employees can be empowered when algorithmic systems are used in the workplace.

Digital Bouncers: AI in Recruiting

Automated decision-making systems are increasingly used by companies to decide who is best for a job. Applicants are worried about being rejected by a machine, based on programmed prejudices. In Switzerland, employers are especially reluctant to speak about the hiring algorithms that they use.