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 automotive company Haering Polska has announced that it will create between 300 and 400 new jobs at its production facility in Piotrków Trybunalski within two years. The plant is being currently expanded. The source reports that the recruitment process takes place continuously. The plant of precision metal components for the automotive industry is located in the Łódź Special Economic Zone. Currently, the company employs 2,000 people.
The company, one of the largest employers in the region, has a training programme in place - students of the Haering Academy can learn and work. They attend theoretical and practical classes and receive a salary while learning. The best students are employed on a permanent basis.
Haering was founded in 1961; the company has production facilities located in three countries: Germany, Poland and China.
Eurofound (2016), Haering Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 86292, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86292.