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.
The provider of back-office services TMF Group announced that it will create more jobs at its European TMF Group Centre in Katowice, Poland, than it initially declared in October 2020. Currently, the company plans to create in total 350 positions by the end of 2021, what implies that additional 50 employees to the 300 previously announced will be hired at the site. The source reports that over 130 people have been already hired at the centre. The unit works for clients from various European countries.
TMF Group provides back-office services, including accounting, tax, HR, corporate secretariat and payroll. TMF Group operates in 80 locations worldwide. Currently, the company employs over 500 people at its branches based in Warsaw and Katowice.
Eurofound (2021), TMF Group, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104665, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104665.