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.
German industrial machinery supplier for the paper industry Voith Paper is to cut 270 jobs until September 2014. These cuts will be made in addition to the job reductions announced in mid-2012 (updated in August 2013).
The job reduction measures are due to the decreasing demand in Europe and China.
In total, Voith plans to cut 270 jobs in Germany, including 210 in Krefeld (North Rhine-Westphalia), 50 in Ravensburg (Baden-Württemberg), 10 in Neuwied (Rhineland-Palatinate).
Forced redundancies have not been ruled out.
The restructuring plan also includes job reduction measures in Austria.
Eurofound (2013), Voith, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75881, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75881.