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The rise of algorithmic management has allowed for new ways to measure, control, and sanction workers. Yet, it is unclear how employment law and discrimination law can respond to a world where automation has not replaced workers, but their bosses. In this episode, Rach interviews Sangh Rakshita from iManage, a pioneering project based in the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights funded by the European Research Council. iManage intends to develop the first systematic account of the challenges and potential of algorithmic management, examine its implications for legal regulation, and develop concrete solutions to avoid harmful path-dependencies. iManage is led by Prof Jeremias Adams Prassl and comprises Halefom Abraha, Six Silberman, Sangh Rakshita, and Aislinn Kelly-Lyth. Sangh Rakshita completed her BCL in law at Oxford, and has previously consulted ...