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.
Public healthcare organisation IrisZorg is to cut 250 out or 1205 jobs. As announced, the job reduction measure is going to take place by means of natural attrition and non-renewal of fixed term contracts, although forced redundancies are not excluded. Managerial and support services staff will be mostly affected.
As reported, the restructuring is linked with budget cuts and the transfer of responsibilities to the municipalities in 2015. The timeline for the restructuring is not yet available.
Eurofound (2014), IrisZorg, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 76479, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76479.