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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.19 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
150 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Swedish retail company, Clas Ohlson, mainly selling household, media and construction products, has announced plans to cut between 150 and 200 jobs located at the company’s head office and distribution centre in the city of Insjön. According to the company, the job cuts are set out in order to make the organisation more efficient and flexible to meet the demands coming from digitalisation and automation. Negotiations with the union are ongoing and it is yet to be decided if the cuts will be implemented by outsourcing, direct dismissals, relocation or a retirement scheme.
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 retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
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