The role of digital development in influencing workers' wages

Abstract

Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) represents one of the most important digital developments that has had a significant impact on all sectors, including the issue of determining and paying workers' wages, which the legislator has deemed a fundamental issue under the current labor law. AI impacts workers' wages, either positively or negatively, through the ability to pay workers' wages electronically or in cryptocurrencies, facilitating the process of paying wages from employers and receiving them from workers. However, this faces a number of obstacles, most notably the weakness of Iraq's digital infrastructure, the lack of electronic awareness among workers, and the risks of digital currency instability. This requires the establishment of a sound legal system and specific mechanisms to address the issue of paying workers' wages using AI technologies to guarantee workers' rights.