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.
Uist Builders will make 240 staff redundant due to insolvency. The cuts will affect several plants in Scotland, UK.
The move was blamed on the 'tough trading conditions'. The company was unable to find a buyer and the employees affected by redundancies have already been given notice. The company said it will work with the Scottish government in order to minimise the impact of the restructuring and to help the affected staff find new jobs.
Eurofound (2012), Uist Builders, Bankruptcy in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73566, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73566.