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.
Metal manufacturing company Metales Extruidos is to close its plant located in Valladolid. It is in the process of applying for a redundancy procedure affecting the entire workforce (320 employees). Dismissed workers will receive a compensation equal to 20 days per year worked, up to a maximum of one year.
Eurofound (2013), Metales Extruidos, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 75820, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75820.