ASPECTS OF THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS' RIGHTS IN THE ERA OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY: THE EXAMPLE OF MONTENEGRO

Abstract

Today's labor law is facing the trend of digitization, and labor law, at the root of its essence, first of all protects the rights of workers. If we take into account that the era of digitalization has been going on for a decade, and today it is at its peak, it is clear why the emphasis should be placed on the protection of workers' rights when it comes to this trend. With the emergence and flourishing of artificial intelligence, the living workforce feels a slight degradation, and a way should be devised so that the above cannot in any case replace or threaten workers or their rights, but only and exclusively serve them. If we were to define the digital economy, we would say that it is an economy that functions through digital technology, with the dominance of the Internet. Given that technology and the Internet are taking precedence in almost all fields and that the workforce must adapt to it, workers' rights must also be adequately protected. Labor law as such governs the legal position of subjects of labor law, and must be synchronized with the needs of the workers themselves and the global development of technology. Protecting the rights of workers in the time of capitalism is a challenge in any case, but protecting the rights of workers when there is a fear that living labor can be replaced by technology is certainly more than a challenge.