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.
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An agreement was reached between the Italian telecommunication company Tim, the largest telephone group in the country, and the trade unions for 1,300 job cuts through a voluntary early retirement scheme by the end of 2021. The cuts would amount to around 3% of TIM's current 42,600 employees in Italy. The reason for the restructuring is the on-going digitalisation of the company. The company is trying to relaunch its business in a market hardly hit by the economic crisis from COVID-19.
A potential further cut of 178 jobs has also been agreed to be implemented by the end of 2023 through a voluntary layoff scheme.
Eurofound (2021), TIM, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 103920, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103920.