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 28 June 2011 temporary agency group USG people announced it will cut 360 jobs at its headquarters in Almere. The job losses are attributed to the takeover of other temporary work agencies, resulting in overstaffing at the central level.
Eurofound (2011), USG People, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 72175, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72175.