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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.10 - Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
3,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
25 March 2020
Employment effect (start)
25 March 2020
Foreseen end date
Description
On 25 March 2020, the German steel manufacturer ThyssenKrupp confirmed that it will be cutting 3,000 jobs due to internal restructuring. ThyssenKrupp has been struggling in the last two years. According to management, important decisions were delayed and this job reduction will ensure the company’s long-term competitiveness on the steel market. The job reduction will affect 2,000 employees in production and 1,000 employees in administration. ThyssenKrupp will try to avoid direct dismissals. Furthermore IG Metall and ThyssenKrupp were able to agree upon a new collective bargaining agreement and an assistance package for the Covid-19 crisis.
The company has also agreed short-time work due to the Covid-19 crisis. The agreed short-time work allowance amounts to 80 percent of the previous wages. It is not clear how many workers will be involved.
In 2019 the company announced a worldwide restructuring of 6,000 jobs.
Eurofound (2020), ThyssenKrupp, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 100109, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100109.
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