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.
Wigan council has announced that 227 staff have accepted voluntary redundancy and early retirement. The council thanked staff that volunteered to leave and stressed that this was the first step in its attempt to make £55m worth of savings over the next 3 years. Wigan Council Chief Executive Joyce Redfearn said: "Inevitably the ongoing reductions in resources we are facing will have an impact on the services we provide but our priorities remain to protect vital front-line services, reduce red tape and providing value for money."
While most staff have left immediately 37 are taking a step down approach and it is not clear when all the job losses will be finalised.
Eurofound (2010), Wigan Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71100, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71100.