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.
Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42 - Civil engineering
200 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
8 October 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 November 2008
Foreseen end date
1 November 2012
Description
Astaldi, one of the oldest construction companies in Italy, is to create 200 new jobs in Italy. The 2008-2012 reorganisation plan envisages an increase of the Group’s activities in the Italian market and in other geographic areas, such as Eastern Europe, China, North Africa and Latin America. In Italy, the company plans to recruit 200 new white-collar workers and managers.
Astaldi is the leading general contractor and the second largest construction company in Italy. It is involved in designing and building major public works in the transportation, infrastructure, and energy industries. It is engaged in several important works all over the world. Astaldi employs around 9,700 workers worldwide (of which around 4,500 workers in Italy).
Sources
10 September 2009: Il Sole 24 Ore
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Astaldi, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 67260, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67260.
Digitisation and automation technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), can affect working conditions in a variety of ways and their use in the workplace raises a host of new ethical concerns.
The retail banking sector is fertile ground for studying the impacts of digitalisation on work and employment. Financial services are increasingly provided online, without the intermediary of customer-facing institutions.
European labour markets have recovered strongly from COVID-19. By the end of 2021, little more than 18 months after the start of the pandemic, employment rates in the EU were almost at pre-crisis levels.
