NEWSLETTER-2017

383 MISCELLANEOUS machines and robots shall replace manpower. This may not only have consequences for low-skilled blue-collar workers, but also for highly skilled white-collar workers 3 . As new professions with new duties ap- pear, there shall also be a decrease in hierarchical levels. By Duke University Professor Cathy N. Davidson’s estimate, 65% of children entering primary school today shall ultimately end up working in com- pletely new job types that do not yet exist. Thus, the futurist, Thomas Frey, believes that by the year 2030, two billion jobs disappear and new business areas will be developed 4 . Because all data should be processed securely, and must be turned into knowledge, we have al- ready started to see job advertisements titled, “Big Data Analyst” and “Cyber Security Analyst.” Legal Effects In production facilities where Industry 4.0 will show its effects, one should take a close look at the relations between company-em- ployee, company-supplier and company-customer. In this new era, laws shall evolve, and new regulations must be made to provide legal protection in these relationships. To first start with the implications of Industry 4.0 over employment matters, for example, is it possible to terminate employment contracts due to transition to smart factories, self-learning robots, and lights-out manufacturing? The General Assembly of the Supreme Court’s Civil Chambers decision numbered 2010/9-272 E. 2010/276 K. and dated 02.06.2010 emphasizes that “If the termination is claimed to be based on business, workplace and business requirements, an operational de- cision must be present, and then the reason preventing the employment and performance of the work must be researched, and if the decision causes a labor surplus, the employer applies this decision consistently (consistency control), terminations made arbitrarily (arbitrariness control), and the inevitability of terminations (the principle of propor- tionality - remedy of last resort [ultima ratio]) must be clarified.” 5 In 3 Please see: http://journal-bmp.de/2015/12/auswirkungen-von-industrie-4-0-auf- menschliche-arbeit-und-arbeitsorganisation/?lang=en(access date: 29.06.2017). 4 Please see: http://www.futuristspeaker.com/business-trends/2-billion-jobs-to-dis- appear-by-2030/ (access date: 29.06.2017). 5 Please refer to our article for detailed information on operational decisions: http://