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.
On 22 August 2013, Łódź Local Goverment announced its plans to reduce employment in the local schools by 103 jobs. The employment status of the remaining 388 teachers is expected to be changed as they will be employed on a part-time basis.
Dismissals are attributed to the "baby bust" (since 2004 the population of pupils in Poland has reduced by 1.5 million people ).
The Ministry of National Education and the Polish Teachers’ Union estimate that about 7,700 teachers will lose their jobs in 2013 across Poland.
Eurofound (2013), Łódź Local Goverment, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 75826, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75826.