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.
Automotive supplier Anvis has announced a restructuring with a total of 261 job cuts in two of its sites. 220 of 453 jobs are to be cut in Decize (Nièvre) and 41 of 132 in Epinal (Vosges). Thus, about 40% of the total workforce will lose their job.
The manufacturer, that was taken over in January 2013 by the Japanese Tokaï group, has decided to stop its production of rubber anti-vibration systems for the car industry.
The group announced to offer internal relocations to 26 of its workers, lowering the total dismissals to 235. According the union CFDT, the management wants to launch a voluntary departure plan, proposes an allowance of 15 months of salary per employees (in average, about €38,000) and a budget for training of about €700,000.
The group Anvis operates also in the nuclear and the railway sector and produces rubber. It has nine plants in Europe and two in France.
Eurofound (2014), Anvis France Decize, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 76816, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76816.