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 private healthcare provider Attendo plans a reduction of in some of its nursing homes for the elderly in the Pirkanmaa and Satakunta regions in Finland. The potential need for reductions is up to 145 employees. Around 400 employees are within the scope of the collective consultation process.
The purpose of the collective consultation process is to cut costs. Attendo states that beds in nursing homes remain empty even when there is sufficient staff. The company states in its press release that it will seek to offer the affected employees work in other nearby Attendo nursing homes.
Attendo is a large Nordic health care company. In Finland, the company has 400 care units and 18,000 employees.
Eurofound (2024), Attendo, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 201679, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201679.