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.
French DIY chain Leroy Merlin has announced the creation of 110 jobs at its site shop in Saint-Louis (Ile de la Réunion). The new jobs are for sales assistants, floor managers, customer service representatives, logistics employees and managers.
Leroy Merlin employs over 20,597 people in 119 stores and reports turnover of € 5.50bn (USD 6.45bn). It announced the creation 100 jobs in its new shop in Pleurtuit last May, the creation of 300 jobs in the Parisian region in 2012 and the creation of 300 positions in a site in Valence (store and logistic platform) in 2007.
Eurofound (2014), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 77244, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77244.