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.
On 25 May 2011 the Local Goverment in Częstochowa announced plans to reduce the employment in the local schools by 187 jobs.
The cuts will affect 120 teachers on permanent contracts and 67 teachers on temporary contracts. According to "Gazeta Prawna" the job reduction in 2011 could cover even 30% of the schools workforce across Poland. Dismissals are due to the "baby bust" phenomenon (during last 20 years the population of pupils in Poland has reduced by 2 million people) and public expenditure cuts for education.
Eurofound (2011), Częstochowa Local Goverment, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 72165, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72165.