TY - RPRT A1 - Bronowicka, Joanna A1 - Ivanova, Mirela A1 - Klicki, Wojciech A1 - King, Seán A1 - Kocher, Eva A1 - Kubisa, Julia A1 - Zielińska, Justyna T1 - ‘Game that you can’t win’? Workplace Surveillance in Germany and Poland N2 - This report concludes a project about workplace surveillance in Poland and Germany with a particular focus on monitoring in call centres. In order to understand normalisation of surveillance technologies at work, we studied how this process is affected by legal norms, political discourse and attitudes of the call centre employees in both countries. We analyzed the German and Polish law following the coming-into-force of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We also conducted in-depth interviews with call centre employees, as well as with experts from trade unions, employer’s associations, and public institutions, who influence the political discourse on the topic. The interviews revealed that despite the recent legal changes, prompted by the introduction of the GDPR, experts from both countries still consider current legislation on workplace monitoring as too imprecise. We also found that call centre employees had very little awareness of their rights concerning privacy and data protection at work, and that their attitudes towards workplace surveillance varied greatly depending on their norms and values, as well as on the workplace conditions. KW - Workplace surveillance KW - Employee monitoring KW - Data protection KW - Privacy Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-4942 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Ivanova, Mirela A1 - Bronowicka, Joanna A1 - Kocher, Eva A1 - Degner, Anne T1 - The App as a Boss? Control and Autonomy in Application-Based Management. N2 - The rise of digital platforms requires a deeper understanding of the structural role of algorithmic management in work environments. In this interdisciplinary study, we examine how digital platforms, which offer food delivery service, use a mobile application for management of their workforce. Drawing on interviews with self-employed riders at Deliveroo and employed riders at Foodora, we compare how the App affects the interplay between autonomy and control of riders, and how the app-based management relates to different contractual models. T3 - Working Paper Series Arbeit | Grenze | Fluss - 2 KW - algorithmic management KW - gig-economy KW - workplace control KW - platform economy Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-3889 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kocher, Eva T1 - Codes of Conduct and Framework Agreements on Social Minimum Standards - Private Regulation? T2 - Responisble Business: Self-Governance and Law in Transnational Economic Transaction N2 - Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is currently a widely discussed topic. Many corporations and employer associations have tackled the subject and commited themselves to CSR policies. In addition, since the creation of the 'Global Compact' there has been increased knowledge of what CSR comprises. Many German companies (that is, those with German headquarters) claim to have always practised CSR. However, doubts remain as to how CSR can be used in the specific context of German industrial relations that rely on collective bargaining between employee representation at the shop-floor level (Work Councils) as well as at the branch level (trade unions). KW - Corporate Social Responsibility KW - Private Regulation KW - International Framework Agreements (IFAs) Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:521-opus4-3341 PB - Hart CY - Oregon ER -