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.
Homecare provider Connected Health has announced plans to create 500 new jobs in Ireland over the course of 2023. This will double its workforce here, bringing the total number of employees in Ireland to 1,000. The 500 new roles will be community-based care assistants and over 50 of the roles are being created as part of the company's new premium homecare service offering in Dublin.
The new private homecare service will offer clients a range of care services such as chauffeur-driven shopping trips and personal assistance, as well as more traditional care activities like wake-up calls, tuck-in services and enhanced care with nurse oversight.
Connected Health said there is currently a rapidly growing demand for private home care in Ireland.
Eurofound (2023), Connected Health, Business expansion in Ireland, factsheet number 108816, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/108816.