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.
NetJets, provider of private aviation services, will let go of 128 Belgian and French pilots. The company claims that social security contributions in both countries are too high when compared with other countries.
Until recently, Netjets paid the social security contributions for all its pilots in England, as the European headquarters of the company is located there. The restructuring is motivated by a recent European law, which requires Netjets to pay social security contributions in the country of residence of its pilots.
Eurofound (2012), Netjets, Internal restructuring in European Union, factsheet number 74590, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74590.