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Algorithmic management

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The use of automated monitoring and decision systems to direct, evaluate or sanction workers. The EU Platform Work Directive limits the data such systems may process and requires transparency, human oversight and a right to human review 1.

Developed in
ch. 20, Employment
Chapters
ch. 20, Existing Law
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

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The term is not used under this name in running prose; the sections listed under "Developed in" treat it.

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  • Bias audit (NYC Local Law 144)

    An independent audit, required within the year before an employer uses an automated employment decision tool in New York City, that reports selection or…

  • Human oversight

    The measures that let natural persons understand, monitor and, when needed, override or stop a high-risk AI system, required by AI Act Article 14, including…

  • Transparency

    In NIST's framing, how far information about an AI system and its outputs reaches the people who interact with it: what happened.

Sources

  1. [1] Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work (Arts. 7 limits on processing, 9 transparency, 10 human oversight, 11 human review; transposition by 2 Dec 2026). Official Journal of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2024-10-23. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/2831/oj (verified: primary)

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Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Algorithmic management. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/algorithmic-management. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026algorithmicmanagement,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Algorithmic management}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/algorithmic-management}
}