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This book is a collection of the papers presented at the two-day Conference “Law, Technology and Labour”, held in Bertinoro (Forlì) on 30 June – 1 July 2022, organized by the University of Bologna, in collaboration with the Curtin University Law School (Perth, Australia), within the framework of the Jean Monnet module “EU law for Algorithm”. The conference before and now the book aim at contributing to the International and European debate on the impact of algorithms and automation on working conditions from a legal perspective.
The thematic section is dedicated to the Commission proposal for a Directive on improving working conditions in platform work. The essays provide a critical analysis of the Commission proposal. The introductory contribution by Valerio De Stefano presents a general overview of the draft directive, pointing out its main shortcomings and suggesting some solutions to make it more effective. Christina Hießl deals with the classification of platform workers, offering a comprehensive review of national case law on which are based the subsequent considerations on the solution proposed by the Commission. Antonio Aloisi and Nastazja Potocka-Sionek consider the directive provisions regulating algorithmic management, while Marta Otto offers a focus on the interconnections between the provisions included in the draft Directive and the GDPR.
The final three articles investigate the regulative framework of the draft directive from a national perspective. Maria Giovannone and Maurizio Falsone consider it in the light of the peculiarities of the Italian legal system, while Marco Biasi eWilliam B. Gould IV offer a comparison of the legal presumption proposed in the Directive with the (only) apparently similar solution offered by the ABC-Test in the US.
