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.
Revoz, a car manufacturer owned by French Renault, located in Novo Mesto, will lay off 250 workers. Revoz announced a contraction in the production by 10,000 cars a year. At the end of April, the night shift will start to work at half capacity. Among the workers to be laid off are: third-country nationals, workers who qualify for retirement, temporary agency workers, and fixed-term workers. The company now employs about 3,400 workers.
Eurofound (2020), Revoz, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 99944, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99944.