Marie Sherlock (Labour)
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I thank all the witnesses. This is an important conversation and we will have to return to it many times again.

Mr. Lee spoke about the cyber risk and the reputational risk. I wish to ask specifically about the management and workers’ rights risk. We have a situation now where the development of tools within the workplace are beyond human surveillance in terms of algorithmic management. We have AI assisting workers in producing output. I wish to ask all the witnesses about the specific safeguards that need to be put in place. It is no longer manager and worker. We have a third party in the room, which is either generated or created in-house or by another organisation. What views have the witnesses’ organisations formed with regard to those specific safeguards? We would take the view there needs to be a legislative safeguard put in place but I would like to hear the witnesses’ views on it.