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.
Manufacturing Manufacture of textiles, apparel and leather Manufacture of leather and related products of other materials 15.20 - Manufacture of footwear
289 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 June 2025
Employment effect (start)
2 June 2025
Foreseen end date
Description
The German multinational footwear company Gabor, which has been operating in Portugal since 1986, is set to carry out a collective dismissal of 222 employees at its Silveiros factory, in Barcelos. It follows a previous round of layoffs just two months ago, with a dismissal of 67 workers.
The company attributes this restructuring process to the ongoing economic crisis and the consequent decline in orders and underlined that the measure is “an appropriate, proportionate, and rational management decision.”
The production sector will be most affected by the dismissals, but the cuts will also impact supervisors from the assembly line, pre-assembly, finishing, and stitching areas
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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.
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