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Amazon’s algorithms taken to task in landmark bill – BBC News

29.09.2021 — The methods Amazon and other employers use to monitor, reward and discipline warehouse workers are being shaken up in California.

Warehouse workers can no longer be sacked for time off task if they have good reason to take breaks.

Amazon Has to Disclose How Algorithms Judge Workers Per …

Amazon Has to Disclose How Algorithms Judge Workers Per New Law

26.09.2021 — The new “anti-productivity quota” mandates “mega-retailers” to disclose how they monitor, reward, and discipline workers.

Mega-retailers will have to outline “the quantified number of tasks to be performed, or materials to be produced or handled, within the defined time period, and any potential adverse employment action that could result from failure to meet the quota.”

‘The algorithm fired me’: California bill takes on Amazon’s …

‘The algorithm fired me’: California bill takes on Amazon’s notorious work culture

31.08.2021 — The bill, the first such legislation in the nation, would require warehouses to disclose quotas and work speed metrics to employees and …

California lawmakers are taking aim at Amazon.

California passes law targeting Amazon labor algorithms

California passes law targeting Amazon labor algorithms – The Verge

09.09.2021 — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that would block Amazon and other companies from punishing warehouse workers who fail to meet …

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that would block Amazon and other companies from punishing warehouse workers who fail to meet certain performance metrics for taking rest or meal breaks.

New Law Makes Amazon Disclose Worker Productivity …

New Law Makes Amazon Disclose Worker Productivity Algorithm | Tech.co

27.09.2021 — A new California law forces Amazon and similar major retailers to disclose how they reward and discipline warehouse worker productivity.

A new California law forces Amazon and similar major retailers to disclose how they reward and discipline warehouse worker productivity.

New law requires transparency about Amazon’s quota … – Input

27.09.2021 — Impossible to safely meet existing quotas — Amazon’s notorious warehouse labor algorithms have long concerned both its own employees and …

Bad Bosses: What’s Wrong with Labor Algorithms

27.09.2021 — Taking direct aim at Amazon, California last week became the first state to pass a law banning the use of algorithms to track rest breaks and …

California passes landmark bill targeting Amazon’s algorithm …

10.09.2021 — The first-of-its-kind law was passed by the state senate this week and … Amazon warehouse workers could get second vote on forming union.

New legislation shines light on algorithm-driven workplaces

New legislation shines light on algorithm-driven workplaces – CalMatters

28.07.2021 — As a former Amazon warehouse worker in Southern California, … work quotas at Amazon warehouses, a move that could become law in California …

Assembly Bill 701 requires employers like Amazon to disclose workplace quotas and curbs the ability to penalize workers for “time off-task.”