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.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.31 - Manufacture Of Electrical And Electronic Equipment For Motor Vehicles
138 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
14 August 2023
Employment effect (start)
14 September 2023
Foreseen end date
31 December 2023
Description
A total of 200 employees are laid off in Easee, a Norwegian company producing smart EV chargers. 138 jobs are cut in Norway, 35 in Germany, 30 in the UK, 17 in the Netherlands and five in France. The job cuts were announced in parallel with a financial restructuring and CEO Jonas Helmikstøl stepping down.
The company was founded in 2018 and grew quickly, selling over 700,000 chargers before the current crisis started in March when the Swedish National Electrical Safety Board (Elsäkerhetsverket) found a potential safety issue with the company's products and imposed a sales ban in Sweden. Sales were subsequently suspended in five other countries, putting the company in a difficult financial situation.
Trade union representative Siri Raustain in Easee stated that many were expecting a restructuring and accept its necessity, but that the process is nevertheless hard for the individual employees and the organization.
Eurofound (2023), Easee, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 200406, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200406.
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