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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.71 - Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
160 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 February 2017
Employment effect (start)
22 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
On 22 February 2017, fashion retailer C&A announced to cut 160 jobs in Düsseldorf, Germany. The affected jobs are placed in the administration department of C&A in Düsseldorf. Negotiations with the works’ council will start shortly.
These job cut form part of a restructuring plan. Further 70 jobs will be cut at the European headquarter in Vilvoorde, Belgium. The company seeks create leaner structures in order to become more flexible and reduce its costs.
At the moment, C&A employs about 1,400 administration staff in Germany.
Sources
22 February 2017: Report-d.de
22 February 2017: Fashion United
Citation
Eurofound (2017), C&A, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 90484, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90484.
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.
