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.
Castellanza (Va), Bagnolo Mella (Bs), Cantù (Co), Curno (Bg), Peschiera del Garda (Vr), Piacenza, Rovereto (Tn), San Donà di Piave (Ve), Spilimbergo (Pn), Oppeano (Vr) Trento
Sector
Wholesale / Retail Retail trade Non-specialised retail sale 47.11 - Non-specialised retail sale of predominately food, beverages or tobacco
1,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
15 February 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2018
Foreseen end date
31 December 2018
Description
Supermarket chain Aldi is to hire about 1,500 workers in Northen Italy, where its first 45 Italian stores will open in 2018.
Aldi has been planning its entrance in the Italian market for two years, establishing headquarters and a logistics centre near Verona in the Veneto region.
Details of the employment plan have been unveiled just before the opening of the first ten stores, planned to take place on 1 March 2018.
The management also announced most products (75% thereof) will be supplied by Italy-based partners.
Sources
8 March 2017: L'Arena
15 February 2018: La Repubblica
16 February 2018: Wired
17 February 2018: Il Sole 24 Ore
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Aldi, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 93382, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93382.
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.
