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 University Hospital Centre (CHU) of Saint-Étienne (Loire) has announced the recruitment of 120 employees to deal with the shortage of nursing staff. Of the total of 120 hires, the CHU is looking for various profiles, including 70 nurses and 25 care assistants. New employees will be hired under permanent contracts. Moreover, the CHU will offer 600 of its employees who have been on fixed-term contract for less than three years a permanent contract.
The CHU is the largest employer in the Loire department, and employs 8,000 health professionals.
Eurofound (2022), CHU de Saint-Etienne, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 106825, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/106825.