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.
APG, the manager of the occupational pension fund for government and education employees in the Netherlands, announced that it will cut 800 to 850 jobs in the coming four years. The majority will be cut in Heerlen (600) and the remainder in Amsterdam.
Although forced dismissals seem unavoidable, some 60% of the cuts will be implemented through the retirement of older employees. Background of the measure is the integration of the offices of APG and Cordares, which was acquired in 2008.
Eurofound (2012), APG, Merger/Acquisition in Netherlands, factsheet number 74451, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74451.