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.
The HR company Randstad announced its intention to cut 165 jobs in Belgium. According to the management, the decision comes from the necessity to respond to the aftermath of the economic crisis. Unions criticized the fact that the communication was done directly through the media and not within the Works Council.
Updated, 06-12-2013: As announced the restructuring plan envisages 114 job cuts.
Eurofound (2013), Randstad, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 75563, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75563.