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 Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation 52.10 - Warehousing and storage
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
20 August 2019
Employment effect (start)
20 August 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
The international furniture retailer IKEA, with headquarters in the Netherlands, opened a new logistic centre in Vienna creating 150 new jobs. The company said that 87 people have already been recruited. In September, training of new employees will begin. During October warehouse stock will be filled so the logistic centre is fully operational by November this year. Apart from delivering furniture that has been ordered online, it will also be possible to collect pre-ordered goods at the centre. So far, IKEA invested €70 million in the site.
Eurofound (2019), IKEA, Business expansion in Austria, factsheet number 98337, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/98337.
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.
