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COVID Chatbot : Enforcing Safety Standard

To build a chatbot to enable workers in Virginia to navigate prompts to determine whether their employer is likely violating COVID-19 workplace protections and how to report and seek help.

Strategy: Legal Protections
Industry:
Construction, Farming & Fishing, Food Service, Forestry, Hospitality & Accommodation, Meatpacking & Food Processing,

https://www.justice4all.org/

Project Details

Worker Target: Low-wage and Immigrant workers

Innovation Fund Cycle: Summer 2020

Status: Winner,

Organization Type: Nonprofit Organization,

Stage of Development: Pre-Pilot,

What We're Asking:

  • Can a chatbot successfully help workers, particularly immigrant farm and poultry workers, identify workplace violations? Can workplace safety standards be better enforced through technology documentation systems?