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 National Hard Coal Company Petroşani (Compania Naţională a Huilei Petroşani, CNH) one of the main employers in the county of Hunedoara, has announced the intention to dismiss 1,000 employees in early 2010. The job losses are part of the ongoing restructuring programme. At present, the company has 10,700 employees and a total financial debt of about 850 million euro.
More information on the current crisis in Jiu Valley mining area and the response of social partners is available on the European Industrial Relations Observatory (EIRO).
Eurofound (2009), Compania Naţională a Huilei, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 69754, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69754.