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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On Monday 2 May 2005, management of Punch Plastics announced a new restructuring plan affecting 95 employees. 73 workers, 14 employees and 8 temporary workers are to be dismissed at the Overpelt site before the plant is relocated to Lommel.
In December 2004, 170 employees had already been dismissed when a part of the activity was transferred to Slovakia.
Eurofound (2005), Punch Plastics, Relocation in Belgium, factsheet number 61556, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/61556.