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.
Alfod es Eszak; Eszak-Magyarorszag; Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen
Location of affected unit(s)
Kazincbarcika
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
550 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
20 April 2009
Foreseen end date
20 April 2009
Description
Borsodchem, a producer of plastic raw materials, has announced the mass redundancy of 550 workers. The company indicated that the measure became inevitable as its major clients from the automotive, building and furniture manufacturing industry placed significantly fewer orders as a result of the global crisis. Borsodchemfirm is the biggest employer in Kazicbarcika and the 23rd largest company of Hungary. The company was founded in 1991 as the successor of the Borsodi Vegyi Kombinát (established in 1949) and became listed in the Hungarian stock exchange in 1996. Upon receiving the news of the dismissals, trade unions collected approximately 2,000 signatures of workers to demand help from the government . The mayor of the city also demanded governmental action. Negotiations have been initiated among company management, trade unions, local municipality and the national government with the aim to seek alternatives to the mass redundancy.
Sources
4 February 2009: Menedzser Fórum
3 February 2009: Privátbankár
3 February 2009: Index
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Borsodchem, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 68276, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68276.
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.
