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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 May 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
International courier and express mail service provider DHL Supply Chain, a subsidiary of courier company DHL, has announced that it will create over 800 jobs at its new unit in Żerniki near Poznań. The logistics centre, consisting of 105,000 square metres, is expected to be launched in August 2021. The unit is planned to provide its services to Zalando, an online clothing retailer.
DHL is a part of Deutsche Post DHL Group. Worldwide, DHL employs 360,000 people in 220 countries and regions. In Poland, DHL Supply Chain has been operating since 2002. Previous restructuring cases included creation of 300 jobs announced in January 2019 (DHL Supply Chain2019_01-PL) and creation of 700 jobs announced in April 2019 (DHL Supply Chain2019_04-PL).
Eurofound (2021), DHL Supply Chain, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104905, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104905.
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.
