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.
Megatech Idustries, a producer of automotive components, announced that it will cut 139 jobs throughout a collective dismissal programme at its production unit in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland, in 2020. Around 84 affected workers have already been dismissed. The programme is related to the Covid-19 pandemic and a drop in demand which has affected the automotive industry.
Megatech Industries was founded in 1889. Currently, the company employs has its production sites in Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Lichtenstein, Poland, Portugal and Spain. The company specializes in the production of car upholstery.
Eurofound (2020), Megatech Industries, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 101184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101184.