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.
West Midlands; West Midlands; Walsall and Wolverhampton
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.1 - Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community
100 - 150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
14 February 2012
Foreseen end date
14 February 2013
Description
Wolverhampton City Council has announced plans to cut between 100 and 150 jobs in a bid to cut £20m from the 2012-13 budget. The Council aims at achieving the cuts through staff turnover, the elimination of vacant posts and redemployment.
The trade union refused to comment on the cuts and awaits talks with the Council, according to media reports.
Sources
13 February 2012: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Wolverhampton City Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73112, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73112.
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.
