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.
The cleaning company Solreneriet AB has initiated employer-employee negotiations to cut 90 jobs. Redundancies are due to negative results after the company overtook the previous contractor's (ISS Facility) service contract to clean commuter trains in the Stockholm Region for the operator MTR. Currently 196 of Solreneriet's employees are working with cleaning services connected to the commuter trains in the Stockholm Region. In its tender to overtake the cleaning services, Solreneriet had budgeted for a smaller team. However, it finally overtook more employees from the previous contractor, which ended up not being financially sustainable. Representatives from local union SEKO have stated that they aim to lower the number of redundancies in upcoming negotiations.
Eurofound (2017), Solreneriet, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 91352, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/91352.
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