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.
Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
422 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 July 2021
Employment effect (start)
20 July 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Emergia, the multinational call-centre company based in Spain, has announced a collective redundancy plan that will affect 422 workers, with 296 job cuts in Cordoba and 126 job cuts in Madrid. As of August 2021, it is still not clear when the redundancy plan will be completed. In the meantime, the company continues to hire in other parts of Spain, including Barcelona and Las Palmas.
According to the company, this adjustment is mainly due to the failure of Vodafone's 'loyalty' campaign.
The Spanish trade union federation General Confederation of Labor (Confederación General del Trabajo, CGT) has expressed concerns on the impact on employment in Cordoba (a province with a high unemployment rate). CGT demands that workers in Cordoba be hired remotely to avoid redundancies. The Workers' Commissions (Spanish: Comisiones Obreras, CCOO) supports this alternative measure and proposes other measures such as providing outplacements for the affected workers.
Eurofound (2021), Emergia, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 105136, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105136.
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