The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Labor, Employment Contracts, and Professional Identity

This chapter examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping labor, employment contracts, and professional identity. It argues that AI is not merely automating tasks but transforming the nature of work through automation, new job categories, and human-AI collaboration. It analyzes the rise of platform labor and algorithmic management, the legal-ethical challenges of bias, transparency, and accountability, and the tension between flexibility and precarity. It explores identity shifts requiring reskilling, lifelong learning, and psychological adaptation. Policy, regulation, and collective bargaining frameworks are evaluated alongside case studies across sectors and regions. The chapter outlines scenarios for the future of work and calls for renewed social contracts that safeguard equity, inclusion, and meaningful human agency.