Ethics in the digital workplace
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The Spanish public post office company Correos has announced the creation of 1,421 new jobs. The company has also announced the permanent hiring of 4,005 temporary workers (2,618 as postmen) and the future hiring on open-ended contracts of another 2,000 temporary employees. The applicants have to pass public examinations to work in the comapny while attending courses offered by unions. This announcement comes after the company created 2,295 new permanent jobs in 2018.
Eurofound (2020), Correos, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 101212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101212.