Date: 2021
Type: Article
Essential jobs, remote work and digital surveillance : addressing the COVID-19 pandemic panopticon
International labour review, 2021, Vol. 161, No. 2, pp. 289-314
ALOISI, Antonio, DE STEFANO, Valerio, Essential jobs, remote work and digital surveillance : addressing the COVID-19 pandemic panopticon, International labour review, 2021, Vol. 161, No. 2, pp. 289-314
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An unprecedented COVID-19-induced explosion in digital surveillance has reconfigured power relationships in professional settings. This article critically concentrates on the interplay between technology-enabled intrusive monitoring and the augmentation of managerial prerogatives in physical and digital workplaces. It identifies excessive supervision as the common denominator of “essential” and “remotable” activities, besides discussing the various drawbacks faced by the two categories of workers during (and after) the pandemic. It also assesses the adequacy of the current European Union legal framework in addressing the expansion of data-driven management. Social dialogue, workers' empowerment and digital literacy are identified as effective ways to promote organizational flexibility, well-being and competitiveness.
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First published: 19 June 2021; This article will be part of the Special Issue on “COVID-19 and the World of Work”.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74069
Full-text via DOI: 10.1111/ilr.12219
ISSN: 0020-7780; 1564-913X
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Sponsorship and Funder information:
This article is written in the framework of the “Boss Ex Machina” project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 893888. This contribution was carried out within the framework of the Odysseus grant “Employment rights and labour protection in the on-demand economy” granted by the FWO Research Foundation – Flanders.
Preceding version: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74067
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