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.
Internet sales giant Amazon has announced that it will create 2,000 new jobs across the UK in 2019. The locations and the nature of the roles have not been specified, though it is understood that some of the roles will be in the distribution centres and others will be in software development. The Chancellor of the Exchequer commented that the new jobs are a sign of confidence in the UK in the face of uncertain times. It has however been noted that the latest increases are well below previous years, most notably 2017, when 5,000 new jobs were created. Critics of the business continue to raise questions about the working conditions experienced by the staff in the warehousing operations.
Eurofound (2019), Amazon, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 98178, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/98178.
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...
In 2023, thousands of workers in big tech lost their jobs. Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Salesforce had been considered to offer good and secure jobs up to this point. Giants of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector,...
In 2024, the automotive sector in the EU came to the fore in public and policy discussions. The focus was on the slowdown in electric vehicle (EV) sales, rising global competition, belated investments in new technologies, and the potential closure...
