Artificial Intelligence, Automation and the Right to Work: A Labour Law Perspective.

AI and automation are changing the world of work as we know it, creating new opportunities but also challenges for achieving a sustainable right to work. This paper is intended to provide an overview of the changing relationship that exists between technology and labour law as a result of AI, with an emphasis on protecting human dignity and social justice within a digital age of labour relations. The paper utilises the normative framework of the UDHR, ICESCR, and the ILO's Decent Work Agenda as its basis for understanding how automation will reshape the workplace, increase inequality, and alter traditional patterns of employer-employee relationships and further includes comparative data from India, Europe, the United States and China to analyse whether current legal and policy frameworks are adequate in addressing newly emerging issues such as algorithmic management, job loss, and growing numbers of precarious workers within gig-type industries. Jurisprudential discussions and ethical considerations demonstrate the need to bring labour law into alignment with technological advancements while ensuring fair treatment, inclusion, and respect for human dignity.