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.
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS), a local subsidiary of the American group, provider of information technology and call centre services, announced its intention to hire 500 persons in Brasov call centre (Brasov county, Centre region) by the end of 2008. At present in Brasov, the company has 100 employees. The monthly wages for entry-level personnel in call centres are between 200 and 400 euros, according to the skills, foreign language knowledge and the location of the site. One third of services provided is for the Romanian market.
Eurofound (2008), Computer Generated Solutions, Business expansion in Romania, factsheet number 67074, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67074.
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...
This Eurofound research paper explores key trends in restructuring in recent years, highlighting the companies that announced the largest job losses and job gains in the EU. It builds on an analysis of company announcements recorded in Eurofound’s European Restructuring...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
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