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Technology is changing the world of work.

Platforms and apps are driving the gig economy. Automation and AI are reshaping the jobs market and data analytics is surfacing new employee insights. Technology has the capacity to increase productivity and make ‘human’ skills more valuable. But it also threatens to replace jobs and could widen wealth inequality. So how should business respond?

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Email monitoring in Italy: Are employers ready for stricter rules after the latest Italian DPA’s decision?

Introduction A recent decision by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has underscored the challenges employers face when managing employee email accounts under Italian data protection law.…

Author(s): Davide Borelli, Matteo Tola, Giovanni Fabris, Isabella Oldani

  • data protection
  • data
  • employment
  • gdpr
  • investigations

EU AI Act unpacked #17: The role of Employee Representatives

[You can find all episodes of our EU AI Act unpacked blog series by clicking here.] AI is being used increasingly in the workplace and is becoming more valuable regarding almost all areas of…

Author(s): Satya Staes Polet, Raquel Flórez, David Mendel, Leonhard Prasser, Flavia Lang, Hubertus Reinbach, Brunhilde Van Den Haute, Olga Chislova, Matteo Tola, Guy Huffen, Marina Sokolova, Blaise Nsenguwera

  • ai
  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • eu ai act series
  • gdpr

EU AI Act unpacked #16: Risks associated with AI systems used in the workplace

[You can find all episodes of our EU AI Act unpacked blog series by clicking here.] The use of AI has proliferated in recent years. AI sits at the heart of the global trend towards digitalisation,…

Author(s): Satya Staes Polet, Raquel Flórez, David Mendel, Leonhard Prasser, Hubertus Reinbach, Flavia Lang, Brunhilde Van Den Haute, Olga Chislova, Matteo Tola, Guy Huffen, Marina Sokolova, Blaise Nsenguwera

  • ai
  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • eu ai act series
  • gdpr

AI Act: What do employers need to consider?

On 12 July 2024, the Artificial Intelligence Act ("AI Act") was published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It will enter into force on 1 August 2024 and will be directly applicable law…

Author(s): Satya Staes Polet, Boris Dzida, Julia Förster, Sarah Rohmann, Brunhilde Van Den Haute, Hubertus Reinbach, Olga Chislova, Giovanni Gaudio

  • ai
  • employment
  • ai in the workplace
  • eu ai act

Email monitoring in Italy: revised guidelines by Italian DPA confirm challenges for internal investigations

Introduction The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (DPA)) has issued an update to its guidelines on handling email metadata in the workplace…

Author(s): Matteo Tola

  • employment
  • investigations

Building Your Company’s AI Governance Framework

The use of AI has grown rapidly, from simplistic chatbots to sophisticated conversationalists that are close to passing the Turing test of whether a machine can engage in a conversation with a human…

Author(s): Rikki Haria, Theresa Ehlen, Christine Lyon, Jeanne Queneudec, Edward Dean, Christine Chong, Laura Llangozi

  • ai
  • consumer
  • corporate
  • cyber security
  • data protection
  • employment
  • eu ai act
  • europe
  • innovation
  • intellectual property
  • tech media and telecoms

German government paper confirms current trends in employee data protection law

The core German legal basis for processing employee personal data was recently annulled by the European Court of Justice (CJEU). The practical implications should be limited though because in most…

Author(s): Tibor Szigetvari, Hendrik Witt, Julia Förster, Sebastian Rombey

  • germany
  • data privacy
  • gdpr
  • employment
  • data protection

Worklife2.0 – EU releases its package on better protection for platform workers

The EU Commission published its long-awaited platform workers proposals on Thursday 9 December. This is an important milestone in a very long process, and follows multiple consultation rounds,…

Author(s): Jean-Francois Gerard, Holly Insley, Raquel Flórez, Laura Llangozi, Amy Rentell

  • employment
  • europe
  • platforms
  • regulatory
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