Summary:
«Monitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees’ mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and peers. An “accountability for algorithms act’” would ensure that companies evaluate the effect of performance-driven regimes such as queue monitoring in supermarkets or deliveries-per-hour guidelines for delivery drivers, said the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on the future of work.»
Article written by Dan Milmo
11|11|2021
Source:
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/11/algorithmic-monitoring-mental-health-uk-employees