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.
Meero, a platform that connects professional photographers with businesses in the tourism and catering sectors, has announced the loss of 72 jobs from its total workforce of 350. Following the COVID-19 health crisis, this business never recovered to pre-crisis levels. As a result, the company has decided to abandon its original activity, which will be accompanied by redundancies. Meero has just launched an information and consultation procedure with staff representatives with a view to cut 72 jobs in France. The management will propose support measures, training aids and professional mobility as part of a job protection plan (PSE) which should be in effect for the first quarter of 2023.
Eurofound (2022), Meero, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 108105, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108105.