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 Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.41 - Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores
121 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 March 2012
Description
UK-owned computer software retail chain Game has announced that all 121 employees in the Republic of Ireland are to be made redundant after the company entered administration. The news aparked sit-in protests at a number of the Irish shops after it was reported that the company is not paying any redundancy. Therefore, staff will be reliant on statutory redundancy entitlement from the state, which amounts to two weeks pay for ech year of service at the company. Game has 14 stores in Ireland - eight in Dublin, two in Cork as well as outlets in Limerick, Galway, Monaghan and Athlone.
Sources
27 March 2012: RTE news
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Game, Bankruptcy in Ireland, factsheet number 73415, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73415.
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