Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Sun Microsystems, a multinational manufacturer and vendor of computers, is to cut about 140 jobs at its West Lothian base in Linlithgow. The firm has decided to transfer manufacturing from the Scottish base to the state of Oregon, in the US by May 2009. The cuts amount to 15-17% of the workforce and the company committed to assist the affected employees to 'find alternative opportunities' in the months to come. However, as of December 2008 there is no information on when exactly the job losses will commence or whether the company will proceed with direct dismissals or voluntary redundancies.
Eurofound (2008), Sun Microsystems, Offshoring/Delocalisation in United Kingdom, factsheet number 67623, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/67623.