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.
Arts / Entertainment Arts, Entertainment And Culture Libraries, Archives, Museums And Other Cultural Activities 91.03 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
232 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 May 2020
Employment effect (start)
3 August 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
The National Trust for Scotland, the charity which manages historic locations and areas of natural beauty in Scotland, has announced restructuring plans which put 429 permanent workers’ jobs at risk. According to news media sources, the redundancies will severely affect employees working as conservation consultants, ecologists and rangers.
A statement by the Trust says that job cuts are “unavoidable”, as the Trust forecasts losing half of its income in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A representative of the trade union Prospect said that the plans are extremely worrying and he promised to support the affected members and argue for saving jobs.
The Trust manages more than a hundred properties, including the site of the battle of Culloden and islands which are homes to important seabird colonies.
Update 16/08/2020:
197 jobs have been saved at the National Trust for Scotland due to a £3.8 million (€4.2 million as at 14 September 2020) fund from the Scottish government and a further £2.5 million (€2.75 million as at 14 September 2020) from donations. The roles which are saved include all of the Trust’s ecologists and 20 out of 35 countryside ranger positions. The current number of redundancies is at 232.
Eurofound (2020), National Trust for Scotland, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 101241, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/101241.
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.
