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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
462 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 June 2021
Employment effect (start)
21 June 2021
Foreseen end date
31 August 2021
Description
The supermarket chain Tesco has announced that it will implement a collective dismissal programme which will cause 462 redundancies at its units across Poland. The job cuts are expected to affect up to 404 rank-and-files and 58 managerial roles. The restructuring programme will affect 11 shops across the country (Jelenia Góra, Stargard, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Włocławek, Świdnica, Szczawno Zdrój, Skierniewice, Rybnik, Stalowa Wola, Piła, Suwałki). The programme will be carried out between 21 June and 31 August 2021, and the conditions of the redundancy programme will be negotiated with local trade unions.
The restructuring programme is related to retailer's withdrawal from Poland. Tesco revealed that the decision was taken due to economic reasons. On 12 March 2021, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection issued an approval for the acquisition of 301 shops and 2 distribution centres by Salling Group.
Eurofound (2021), Tesco, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 105022, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105022.
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