'Government, at all levels, has a duty to ensure that workers are not exploited, manipulated, or made unsafe by companies deploying AI.'

Finally, some good news

Release Date: September 30, 2026  Press Contact: Shubhangi Domokos, shubhangi@calaborfed.org  Governor Gavin Newsom Signs California Federation of Labor Unions’ Sponsored Bills Regulating AI in the Wo...

Large NZ companies may soon be required to report on modern slavery risks. Nearly 17,000 Australian reports reveal what makes such laws work – and what doesn’t.

Workers who blame algorithms for lowering their earnings are getting help from academics to find out how the system works

From Victoria University - Comment: The decision to spare Nic Blakeley for misleading Parliament creates an unacceptable double standard for workers, write Dr Geoff Plimmerton and Dr Amanda Reilly.

Landmark lawsuit claims tech company’s pay-setting system has breached privacy laws and pushed down earnings

The first large-scale study of hiring algorithms in the wild finds concerning patterns to how systems reject candidates.

The Pike River disaster was meant to transform workplace safety in New Zealand. Fifteen years on, journalist Rebecca Macfie says that consensus is unravelling – and the country is forgetting the lesso...

The government’s proposed workplace safety reforms aim to create simpler rules for employers. Critics argue they may also move risk onto workers.

Is the AI hype fading? Consumer products with AI assistant are disappointing across the board, Tech CEOs are struggling to give examples of use cases to justify spending billions into Graphics Processing...

This report investigates the data collection practices of nine widely used workplace monitoring platforms to determine the extent to which they track and analyze employee activity, behavior, or perfor...

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The United Workers Union has surveyed 1200 women working part time. The results reveal a deeper slide into gig-economy like conditions.

Not for your eyes only.

A group of female former MPs subjected the pay equity overhaul to the scrutiny it should have received before passing into law. Their newly released report is damning.

PALO ALTO, CA—Hailing the new product as a “game changer” in the development of large language models, Silicon Valley insiders confirmed Tuesday that an AI chatbot that only responds “huh” had been va...

Imagine your performance at work was assessed directly from the amount of e-mails sent, the amount of time consumed editing a document, or the time spent in meetings or even moving your mouse. This may...

Mayor-elect Mamdani can promote higher pay and lower consumer prices is by halting the rapid growth of individualized “surveillance” wage and price setting.

OPINION: If we are “back on track” it is a track to which many employees will be tied with a train bearing down on them.

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Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.