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.
Tastia Group, dedicated to restaurant and catering activities, has presented a proposal for an Employment Redundancy Plan (ERE) that will affect 124 employees.
This ERE is currently under negotiation between the company representatives and the workers in order to reach an agreement on the redundancy conditions. The company has presented an offer that includes the minimum conditions required by Spanish law. At the moment, the workers representatives are studying the documents in order to present their proposals to the company at the negotiating table.
Tastia group is the owner of the brands "Muerde la Pasta" and "The Fitzgerald Burger". It employs 705 people in total, out of which 17% of the workforce are affected by the internal restructuring plan. The Group has 32 premises located in the main Spanish cities.
Update 31/10/2023
Tastia Group has reached an agreement on the redundancies with employee representatives. As a result, the ERE will affect 78 employees instead of the 124 initially foreseen. According to trade unions, the agreement is key to support the survival of the company and of the remaining 627 jobs.
Eurofound (2023), Tastia Group, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 200471, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200471.