Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Food service company ESS Support Services is to dismiss 120 employees. The staff reduction comes in addition to a previous round of restructuring in autumn 2014 which affected 100 permanent employees. The cuts are made in response to declining level of petroleum activity on the Norwegian continental shelf. The company will be dismissing personnel working in food and cleaning services on offshore installations in Norwegian waters.
Union representatives in the company have previously reacted negatively to how the restructuring process has been handled, stating that the company did not play by the rules. This issue is now resolved, according to CEO Therese Log Bergjord, who has highlighted the importance of working with the unions.
Eurofound (2015), ESS Support Services , Internal restructuring in Norway, factsheet number 83628, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/83628.
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