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.
Lear, a company that produces vehicles cables in Valongo, close to Porto, is in a process of collective dismissal. Among a total of 285 workers, 182 have accepted to terminate their contracts by mutual agreement. In this case, Lears management offers a compensation of 1.85 wages per year of service (1.85monthly wageyear of service), plus diuturnities (seniority benefits). Concerning collective dismissals, the company offers one wage by year of service (1monthly wageyear of service), according to the law.
Eurofound (2006), Lear Corporation, Closure in Portugal, factsheet number 63590, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63590.