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.
Hotel / Restaurants Accommodation And Food Service Activities Food And Beverage Service Activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
7 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
7 January 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
McDonald’s, US-headquartered chain of fast food restaurants, is to create 3,000 new jobs in Italy by the end of 2015. It is reported that most new jobs will be part-time jobs as the company sets out to open 100 new restaurants in the next three years.
In response to this expansion, the Filcams-Cgil trade union has criticized the industrial relations model at McDonald’s. In particular, the trade union has condemned the lack of company-level bargaining and the large use of part-time jobs by the company.
Currently, McDonald’s has around 16,000 employees in Italy.
Sources
1 August 2009: Il Sole 24 Ore
7 January 2013: BusinessPeople
9 January 2013: Reuters
Citation
Eurofound (2013), McDonald's, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 74783, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74783.
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