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.
Webuild, an Italian multinational in the construction industry, has announced that it will hire around 10,000 people in 2024, including 2,500 in Italy. It also specified that 80 % of the new hires will be in Southern Italy.
The motivation is the high growth in the first half of 2024 and the increase in projects in the coming years (in particular on the railway lines in the Italian regions of Sicily and Campania). The new hires will bring the number of the company's employees worldwide to 90,000.
Webuild is dedicated to investing in workforce training and development, exemplified by the establishment of the Cantiere Lavoro Italia program, a training center designed to attract young and unemployed individuals. Of the 2,500 new positions in Italy, 1,000 will be filled by candidates from this research and training initiative.
Eurofound (2024), WebBuild, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 201267, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/201267.
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