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.
Spanish public-owned railway network operator Adif has been authorised by the government to hire 262 new workers in 2016. Specific date of incorporation of the new workers has not been published yet. With this, the company will achieve a replacement rate of 60% of the dismissals implemented in 2015 (previously reported in the ERM). It is the first offer of public employment that Adif has made since 2010. The company has also requested the government to provide some hiring quotas for temporary roles for peak periods in summertime and Christmas.
Eurofound (2016), Adif, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 86544, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86544.