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 machine constructor Möllers is to cut 50 out of 267 jobs. For the dismissed employees a transfer agency is going to be set up which will guarantee payments for one year. This is the result of long negotiations between management and works council. The reduction is going to be implemented by August 2014.
According to the company the job reduction is due to the weak development of the company.
Eurofound (2014), Möllers, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 77467, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77467.