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.
VION Food Group is to cut approximately 170 jobs and close two manufacturing facilities. The company expects to be able to transfer approximately 115 staff internally and will apply for the redundancy of approximately 55 employees who cannot be transferred. Consultation with the unions will start soon.
VION Food has two business units: Fresh Meat and Convenience. The company produces and processes pork and beef products at ten production locations in the Netherlands.
Eurofound (2011), VION Food, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 72024, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72024.