European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
Eurofound's ERM database on restructuring-related legal regulations provides information on regulations in the Member States of the European Union and Norway which are explicitly or implicitly linked to anticipating and managing change.
Ch. 7, Sec. 9-10 (55/2001) Ch 7, Sec 9 (32/2022)
In case of (collective) dismissals, employee representatives are protected in that they cannot be dismissed before all posts in their job category are eliminated and no other suitable work is available for this person.
The employer may terminate an employee on pregnancy, special pregnancy, parental or care leave only if the employer's operations cease completely. Any dismissal of an employee who is pregnant or on family leave shall be deemed to have taken place on the basis of the employee's pregnancy or family leave, unless the employer can prove that there was some other reason.
Some collective agreements may regulate further the order in dismissals, for example:
Eurofound (2015), Finland: Selection of employees for (collective) dismissals, Restructuring legislation database, Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/legislationdb/selection-of-employees-for-collective-dismissals/finland
While large-scale redundancies at major manufacturers dominate the headlines, the true impact of this restructuring is being felt most acutely within the wider supply chain. This article examines the uneven distribution of job losses, the growing geographical shifts in production, ...
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal ...
Can Europe still achieve its ambitions for battery manufacturing? To answer this, the article looks at data from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor and explores what recent large-scale restructuring events reveal about the state of play in the EU battery sector.
This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers ...
