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 Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31 - Manufacture of furniture
103 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 June 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006
Description
Imerys Klin Furniture, IKF, part of the Imerys group, whose owners are the Dutch group Pargesa and the French group Albert Frère, has announced the permanent closure of its manufacturing of furniture (tiles). In December 2006, the factory will close and 103 people will lose their jobs because the factory is considered to be 'no profitable'. Only 25 people (sales representatives and technicians) will still have a job in this province. The trade unions have asked that the IKF group propose employment options for each employee within the Imerys Group.
Sources
12 June 2006: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Imerys Klin Furniture (IKF), Closure in France, factsheet number 63619, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63619.
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.
