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.
The Spanish hotel chain Transhotel will apply for a collective redundancy affecting around 444 employees (74% of its entire workforce). The company filed for bankruptcy in October 2014. However, in case the company fails to attract investors, the dismissals will be extended to the whole workforce. The timeframe for the restructuring is not known yet.
Eurofound (2014), Transhotel, Bankruptcy in Spain, factsheet number 77889, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77889.