UK bill waters down protections against ‘robo-firing’ in gig economy, say experts

Law would weaken right to force app-based firms to explain automated decisions, says research group

Protections for gig economy workers will be watered down should ministers succeed in pushing a controversial bill through parliament, experts have said.

The new law would weaken a relatively little-known right to force app-based firms to explain themselves when they make automated decisions, known as “management by algorithm”, before many workers had even realised they had it, they said.