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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Multinational business service provider Comdata announced 264 redundancies due to the closure of two of its Italian branches, respectively in Pozzuoli (near Naples) and Padova.
According to a joint public statement of the three confederal telecommunications trade unions (Slc, Fistel and Uilcom), the redundancies are not due to a loss of orders, but driven by the need to maximise profits. The unions consider the dismissals 'unacceptable' and have called for the mobilisation of workers. A first strike was called for 18 May.
In Italy, Comdata has a total employee base of 12,000 and revenues of €700 million.
Eurofound (2018), Comdata, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 94013, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94013.