{"id":3651,"date":"2021-11-11T09:38:27","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/algorithmic-tracking-is-damaging-mental-health-of-uk-workers\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:38:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:38:27","slug":"algorithmic-tracking-is-damaging-mental-health-of-uk-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/algorithmic-tracking-is-damaging-mental-health-of-uk-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Algorithmic tracking is \u2018damaging mental health\u2019 of UK workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Report by MPs and peers says monitoring worker performance using AI should be regulated by law<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees\u2019 mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and peers.<\/p>\n<p>An \u201caccountability for algorithms act\u2019\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/nov\/11\/algorithmic-monitoring-mental-health-uk-employees\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/2796d3ae1c11bede84554c1696f405ecaf203a4c\/0_49_4128_2479\/master\/4128.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8388a6724bc2829292a2d37bba94e028\" title=\"Algorithmic tracking is \u2018damaging mental health\u2019 of UK workers\" \/>Report by MPs and peers says monitoring worker performance using AI should be regulated by law<br \/>\nMonitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees\u2019 mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and peers.<br \/>\nAn \u201caccountability for algorithms act\u2019\u201d 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. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Report by MPs and peers says monitoring worker performance using AI should be regulated by law Monitoring of workers and setting performance targets through algorithms is damaging employees\u2019 mental health and needs to be controlled by new legislation, according to a group of MPs and peers. An \u201caccountability for algorithms act\u2019\u201d would ensure that companies &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/11\/algorithmic-tracking-is-damaging-mental-health-of-uk-workers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Algorithmic tracking is \u2018damaging mental health\u2019 of UK workers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}