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.
German aerospace equipment supplier Liebherr Aerospace, which specialises in air-conditioning equipment for the aerospace industry, has announced that it is recruiting 160 employees in engineering, production and supply chain positions in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) and Campsas (Tarn-et-Garonne). To achieve this, it is organising a job dating event on 5 February 2024. The company is looking for people in the manufacturing field, including positions for mechanical fitters, welders and CNC machine operators, as well as skills in R&T, design and development, methods and support functions such as supply chain, quality, sales and information systems. Several announcement were already recorded in the ERM database: 130 job recruitments in January 2023 (FR-Liebherr.Aerospace-2023). A previous reorganisation has been recorded in the ERM Database in 2020 with 100 job cuts (FR-Liebherr.Aerospace-2020). Finally an announcement of 150 jobs was recorded in 2019 (FR-Liebherr.Aerospace-2019).
Eurofound (2024), Liebherr Aerospace, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 200687, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200687.