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.
Mastercard, a financial mediation company, is about to relocate 134 jobs from its European headquarter located in Waterloo, in the south of Brussels to the United States. Mastercard intends to relocate some its activity, "global technology and operations." This decision is part of a strategic plan that began in 2005 and reorganised the activities of the company. According to management, the decision was accelerated by the consequences of the crisis. The trade unions involved fear an important collective redundancy process. Because of the young age of the staff, it will not be possible to use early-retirement to avoid direct dismissals.
Eurofound (2009), MasterCard, Offshoring/Delocalisation in Belgium, factsheet number 69506, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/69506.
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...
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