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.
Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.41 - Freight transport by road
270 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
11 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
11 September 2014
Foreseen end date
1 November 2014
Description
On 11 September 2014, logistic company Andreas Schmid announced to create 270 jobs in Augsburg until November.
The job creation is due to new logistic projects of the company and an increasing demand for professional logistic solutions.
Andreas Schmid employs 1,400 people in total. Their number shall increase to 1,800 as the company plans a further creation of 130 jobs in Kadan in the Czech Republic. In 2013, the company ran a turnover of 111 million Euros.
Sources
11 September 2014: Augsburger Allgemeine Online
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Andreas Schmid, Business expansion in Germany, factsheet number 77574, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77574.
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.
