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.
AB Oost, a co-operative which acts as a temporary agency for the agricultural sector, announced that it will cut 300 out of 720 permanent positions. Background is the drop in demand for personnel due to the crisis. A timeline for the restructuring is yet to be announced.
AB Oost seconds 4,500 temporary employees in the Eastern part of the Netherlands.
Eurofound (2012), AB Oost, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 73976, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73976.