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.
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
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
12 December 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The Social Security Agency in Northern Ireland has announced that it is to create around 150 new jobs which will support delivery of the Government's social security policies. The majority of the jobs will be based in Ballymena and with approximately 20 positions to be created in Derry / Londonderry. The contract with the Department for Work and Pensions is initially for two years, after which time it will be reassessed, and will support delivery of the new rules around social security claims, namely Universal Credit and the benefit cap. The jobs are all expected to be filled by the Autumn of 2017.
Sources
12 December 2016: BBC Website
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Social Security Agency, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 89669, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89669.
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