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 Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
17 October 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2019
Foreseen end date
31 May 2019
Description
French home improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin has announced plans to create 150 jobs at its new store in Jabłonna near Warsaw. The recruitment process has already been launched and the store, which will expand in an area of 12,500 square metres, is expected to be operational in spring 2019. The company is looking for customer advisors, cashiers as well as warehouse staff. Leroy Merlin has been operating in Poland since 1994 and runs about 60 stores across the country.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Leroy Merlin, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 95818, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/95818.
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.
