Algorithms, labour and normative spaces

Addressingconcerns about the anti-democratic use of algorithmic management in labourrelations, this article sets out to map the actions of actors in the world of work in order to redirect the studied institutional frameworks in a more protective direction. Working towardsthis aim, the authors outline the contours of theseactions using materials found in the literature, produced by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and researched in public hearings in the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) and Federal Senate. It observesthat the efforts to put collective labour regulatory concerns on the agenda have been more successful in the European guidelines. This action is under strain in the Brazilian regulatory sphere of digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, debates in the Supreme Court on the recognition of employment relationships and in the Federal Senate on AI indicate a process ofdiluting labour protections

European union · Labour law · Normative · Supreme court · Digital Economy and Work Transformation