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.
The company Staples announced its intention to cut 219 jobs within the first half of 2013: 42 blue-collar workers and 177 white-collar workers.
According to unions, the decision was a "bad surprise" for the workers.
It is reported that six shops will be closed in Eke, Zellik, Tamise, Schoten, Zaventem and Aarrstelaar, as well as the call-center in Eupen.
Moreover, the measure will have an impact on the headquarters.
Eurofound (2012), Staples Belgium, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 74312, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74312.