[en] Although there are many speculations on the extent of the takeover of labour by technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), one point seems to be certain: AI will polarize the labour market and deepen the divide between qualified and less qualified workers. A skill premium will thus emerge: skilled workers will continue to have access to work and receive high salaries, while unskilled workers will see their revenues decrease and their access to work restricted. It should, however, not be forgotten that AI will be implemented in an already biased labour market where low-skill/low-pay workers are subjects to ‘residual’ forms of discrimination.
The goal of this study is to determine whether the future automation of labour will exacerbate or level-up residual biases in the labour market and if workers, in particular those in the EU, can rely on EU law in view of gaining a more effec- tive access to education and vocational training. Through an analysis of the ECJ’s case law on the principle of non-discrimination in the field of labour and on the right to education and training as a component of the free movement of workers, this study concludes that education and skill will, indeed, be an effective means to avoid discrimination, but that technological progress will, unfortunately, not result in altogether eliminating discrimination from the labour market.
