“Almeno tu nel metaverso”. Labour law and the challenge of new digital spaces

Abstract

The contribution suggests an initial reflection on the issues that the metaverse scenario poses for labour law, from the payment in cryptocurrencies, to the questions raised by the configuration of virtual twins (i.e. the enforcement of data processing guarantees and the applicability of anti-discriminatory law), up to health and safety aspects and the collective projection of protection. In this perspective, particular attention is paid to the choices of content and method outlined in the construction of the regulatory architecture of EU sources on the subject of new technologies, algorithmic processes and artificial intelligence.