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 Construction Of Buildings 41 - Construction of buildings
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2009, Case number: 11
700 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
11 December 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 11th December it was announced that Heijmans, a construction company in the Netherlands, is to cut 700 jobs from a total of 11,000. The number of dismissals will be minimized. A social plan has been agreed with the unions. The bulk of the job losses will hit operational personnel. Heijmans has cut jobs as a response to the recession which has hit hard the entire construction sector.
Sources
12 December 2008: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Heijmans, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 67649, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67649.
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