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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53 - Postal and courier activities
270 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 April 2021
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Poczta Polska, the Polish national postal operator, has announced that it plans to hire 270 additional employees at its sorting office in Warsaw in 2021. The applications can be submitted until the end of April 2021. The programme is related to the new EU’s customs and tax regulations for shipments from outside the EU which will come into force on 1 July 2021. In Poland, Poczta Polska will be responsible for the process of filing electronic customs import declarations. Poczta Polska is to provide special training for new staff.
As of December 2020, Poczta Polska employed about 78,000 people across the country. Previous restructuring programmes announced in recent years: February 2019 (120 jobs created), June 2019 (190 jobs created), August 2019 (360 jobs created), January 2020 (700 jobs cut), October 2020 (3,500 jobs cut) and January 2021 (2,000 jobs cut).
Eurofound (2021), Poczta Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104752, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/104752.
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