UK: Amazon to restructure warehouse operations, closures put over 1,000 jobs at risk
The United States-based Amazon is set to restructure its warehouse operations in the United Kingdom and plans to close three of its centres in the country’s Hemel Hempstead, Doncaster and Gourock, in the west of Scotland, which will impact at least 1,200 jobs. However, the workers will be given a chance to transfer to other Amazon locations, said the online retail giant on Tuesday. This comes days after the company said that it plans to lay off as many as 18,000 employees from its workforce.