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From AK’s perspective, the proposed Quality Jobs Act should establish concrete, effective and legally binding minimum standards across several regulatory areas, particularly the following: To close legal loopholes, clear rules on algorithmic management are needed, which set minimum standards for the design and use of algorithmic systems at work, adhere to the principle of human-centred application and provide for a strong role for employee representative bodies. EU provisions on safety and health at work should be expanded – for example in relation to psychoso­cial risks, protection against violence and harass­ment at work or heat in the workplace. The Commission should fully incorporate the tripartite Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work’s opinions on revising the Workplace Directive and the Display Screen Equipment Directive. To combat exploitation in subcontracting chains, the number of subcontracting tiers should be capped, and principal contractors should be subject to mandatory joint and several liability across the entire subcontracting chain. In the context of the debate on a just transition, binding EU rules are needed to strengthen worker’s rights. It is of particular importance to extent co-determination rights and to enshrine legal entitlements to training and further education.

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