Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Amazon, the US multinational company of e-commerce and cloud computing services, is to create 2,000 new permanent jobs in Spain over the course of 2022. The multinational has indicated that it is currently hiring people of all profiles and educational levels, including more than 500 positions in technology positions, as well as cloud experts and solution architects for Amazon Web Services. In this way, the e-commerce giant, which has a logistics network of more than 30 centres in Spain, would become one of the ten largest employers in Spain, and continues to make progress towards its goal of reaching 25,000 permanent employees by the end of 2025. The company expects to meet its target of closing 2022 with a total workforce of 20,000 permanent employees.
Eurofound (2022), Amazon, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 107023, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/107023.
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...
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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...
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