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.
Mahle Electric Drives Slovenija (MEDS), the German manufacturer of electric drive systems and mechatronics for hybrid and electric vehicles, announced 600 layoffs in 2025.
The company plans to cut 340 jobs in 2025 as part of an optimization of the organizational structure aimed at increasing efficiency. Additionally, 270 jobs will be cut as part of the relocation of production to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Hungary. The decision was attributed to weak demand in Europe's automotive market. Guntram Haas, CEO of Mahle Electric Drives Slovenia, stated that the company is currently facing a decline in automotive and other markets in which it operates.
This is the second round of redundancies this year (see Mahle Electronic Drive – SI).
Eurofound (2024), Mahle Electronic Drive, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Slovenia, factsheet number 201726, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201726.