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Court Rules Deliveroo Used 'Discriminatory' Algorithm
In December 2020, an Italian court ruled that Deliveroo’s employee ‘reliability’ algorithm illegally discriminated against workers with legitimate reasons for cancelling shifts.
- Date it happened
- 2020-11-27
- Organisation involved
- Deliveroo
- Product, system or model
- Algorithmic scheduling system that allows high-performing workers to choose shifts first. Performance includes workers' reliability ranking, which is reduced if they cancel a shift less than 24 hours
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