Machines, artificial intelligence (AI) and algorithms are reshaping work and power relationships in a large number of fields, with far-reaching legal and societal consequences. To give an example, workers can receive detailed directions from an automated system, be constantly monitored by a GPS tracker and dismissed for not achieving the goals set by an algorithm measuring the average targets and the clients’ level of satisfaction. Cyber-physical devices make it possible to implement new practices of organizing, executing, monitoring and evaluating employees’ performance – in each and every industry. These tools determine a “genetic mutation” of prerogatives legitimately exercised by bosses. While such technologies have the potential to create a flexible environment by fuelling organizational competitiveness, they can be deployed indiscriminately and irresponsibly, jeopardizing workers’ rights and undermining labour regulation