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 Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Dow Chemical, which manufactures chemicals and chemial products, has announced that it is to cut 200 jobs from its plant in Terneuzen, from a total of 2100 jobs. In recent months, 200 to 400 temporary jobs have already been cut. In this case, forced dismissals have not been ruled out. The restructuring in Terneuzen is part of a worldwide restructuring for the company, resulting in an overall loss of 5000 jobs.
Sources
28 January 2009: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Dow Chemical, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 68068, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68068.
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.
