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.
Regional train operator S-Bahn Berlin will cut 160 positions among supervisory staff by the end of 2015.
This is due to the implementation of a camera system substituting train dispatchers, which is to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. According to media reports, 120 staff will remain as mobile supervisors, while another 120 will be employed centrally.
Forced redundancies are not foreseen, the redundant employees are meant to change to other subsidiaries.
In total, S-Bahn Berlin employs 400 staff in its supervision section. The ERM reported on restructurings at Deutsche Bahn group the latest in 2014 and 2013.
Eurofound (2014), S-Bahn Berlin, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76690, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/76690.