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.
Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles 46 - Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
26 November 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
1 April 2009
Description
Due to the deteriorating market situation, the Ahlsell Group is to cut 150 jobs in Norway as part of a large restructuring resulting in the loss of 500 jobs worldwide. Out of the 150 redundant workers, 85 are permanent employees and the remainder are temporary agency workers and employees on project work contract.
On 5th of February 2009, one of the shop stewards in Ahlsell told the union magazine HK-Nytt that after negotiations with the unions 60-70 employees had received dismissal notices, 20-30 had decided to take early retirement pension (AFP), while the rest would leave with "other kinds of pension arrangements". The final total number was not stated.
Ahlsell is one of Norway’s largest full-range wholesalers, with products for water supply, heating, sanitation and sewage applications, industrial applications, electrical installation, refrigeration and oil and gas installation, as well as tools and work clothes. The company has approximately 60 branches throughout the country.
Sources
28 January 2009: VVS Aktuelt
26 November 2008: Stavanger Aftenblad
5 February 2009: HK-Nytt
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Ahlsell, Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 67961, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67961.
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.
