As artificial intelligence raises growing concerns over job security, digital surveillance, and human dignity at work, Italy's response is structured and deliberate: a human-centred framework built on algorithmic transparency, strict limits on digital monitoring, and clear classification of high-risk AI systems – all anchored in a tradition of labour protections now reinforced to meet the challenges of the AI era.
Italian Legislative Decree No. 152/1997, as amended in 2022, requires companies using automated systems for recruitment, task allocation, or performance evaluation to inform workers in advance, disclosing not only the tool's existence, but also its logic, parameters, training data, human oversight mechanisms, and potential discriminatory impacts.
