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The relationship between technology and the world of work is not a new nor an easy one. From the Aristotelian concept of t???? (tèchne) intended as an inherent dimension of any human productive activity, to the XIX century Luddites, and the current debates on the “de-humanizing” effect of artificial intelligence, it is widely acknowledged that technology and society - and therefore law - are constantly and mutually interacting. Labour law, in particular, stands as an ideal standpoint to observe the legal system’s responses to the digital revolution, insofar as the major concerns for a socially unrestrained use of technology regard precisely the impact of new technologies in the workplace. These and other issues have been originally discussed by the Authors of this book on the occasion of a co-teaching course on New Technology and Labour Law they gave at the Luiss ‘Guido Carli’ University in Rome, at the conclusion of which it came quite “natural” to transform such a didactic cooperative effort into a collective volume. We are confident that this text, born for students, will also be useful for advanced study and research in this crucial area of our contemporary societies.