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.
Health / Social Work Human Health Services And Activities Human Health Activities 86.90 - Other human health activities
132 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
19 November 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Healthcare business Vincere went bankrupt on 18 September 2019, however instead of an immediate closure, plans to restart (parts of) the company were made. It was made clear on 19 November that only a couple of the company's locations would remain open and that only 60 employees at the most would be kept employed. This means that a minimum of 132 employees will lose their jobs due to the bankruptcy of Vincere. The bankruptcy was mainly due to an increase in administrative costs as a consequence of a change in the rules of health insurance companies.
Eurofound (2019), Vincere , Bankruptcy in Netherlands, factsheet number 99212, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/99212.
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