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.
Insurance company Willis has announced plans to make a further 350 job cuts from its UK operations. The move was announced to staff on 13 April, and is part of the company's 'project Skyline' restructuring plan which aims to move 3,500 jobs to cheaper alternatives including moving London jobs to Ipswich and also outsourcing some jobs to Mumbai, India. The previous round of redundancies was announced in August 2014. The timescale for the loss of the 350 jobs is not yet known.
Eurofound (2015), Willis, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 79373, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/79373.