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We're telling Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat Takeaway to significantly improve their transparency around the algorithms they use to manage their workforce, and setting out what a responsible employer should do privacyinternational.org/advoc…

Time to deliver answers: An open letter to Just Eat Takeaway, Uber and Deliveroo

Algorithmic management of workers has become the norm for gig-economy platforms, with workers obligated to give up an immense amount of personal data just to go to work.
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They should: 1) Maintain a public register of the algorithms used to manage workers, so workers can understand what they're subjected to.
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2) Accompany all algorithmic decisions with a personalised explanation of the most important reasons behind the decision,and how they they can be challenged.
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3) Allow workers, their representatives and public interest groups to test how the algorithms work to highlight any potential harms that may be caused.
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Algorithms can be complex, and that complexity means that they can lead to results that are difficult to understand and create systemic discrimination. vox.com/recode/2020/2/18/21121…

Why algorithms can be racist and sexist

A computer can make a decision faster. That doesn’t make it fair.
Rebecca Heilweil (Vox)
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These platforms have consistently failed to disclose information, with catastrophic consequences for workers including discrimination and financial hardship.
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We are urging these companies to take their responsibilities to their workforce seriously. Workers need to be able to understand the decisions that affect them, particularly when it comes to the working hours and pay that are vital to their livelihoods.

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