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.
Public Administration / Defence 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 84.3 - Compulsory social security activities 84.3 - Compulsory social security activities
170 - 174 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 October 2025
Employment effect (start)
30 October 2025
Foreseen end date
31 January 2026
Description
On Thursday, 30th of October, the head of the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund announced that due to internal restructuring and a new implemented strategy, they will lay off at least 170 people in the upcoming year. The plan is to do the restructuring all at once not piece by piece. A new Head of the Fund was elected in March 2025 whose first order, that came from the National Government, was to cut operating expenses by 10%. The focus is on cutting levels of management and increasing efficiency rather than reducing customer service but the redundancies will affect the whole organisation.
Update 11.11.25: The official redundancy notice has been sent out now. Since April, the Unemployment Insurance Fund has already laid off 18 workers, but will lay off the rest of the 146 by the end of the year. An additional 10 people will be laid off in the beginning of next year. The amount of departments will be reduced from 34 to 23 which will affect offices all over the country. The headquarters in Tallinn will be affected the most with 49 people being laid off.
Eurofound (2025), Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund, Internal restructuring in Estonia, factsheet number 203594, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203594.
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