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 hotel group Sacher has dismissed 140 employees, 105 in Vienna and 35 in Salzburg. The rest of the staff is still on short term work. The company expects this year's turnover to reach only around 25% of the previous year. Like the rest of the tourism, hotels have been heavily affected by the COVID-19 health crisis. The minister for finance has invited the CEO and EU representatives to argue for further subsidies. The minister wants to allow for another grant for overhead costs, yet the implementation remains in need of approval by the European Commission.
Eurofound (2020), Sacher, Internal restructuring in Austria, factsheet number 101828, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101828.