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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.10 - Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles
1,000 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 February 2024
Employment effect (start)
8 February 2024
Foreseen end date
31 December 2024
Description
The Czech automaker Škoda Auto plans to reduce its workforce by 3% (over 1,000 people) in the Czech Republic in 2024.
The background of the layoffs, according to the company, is the rapid increase in costs, not only of energy and materials, but also labour costs. The Škoda Auto trade unions have negotiated a significant increase in wages and above-standard bonuses in the amount of around CZK 170,000 (€ 6,750) this year as well. These rising costs are starting to have an effect on the company.
Škoda Auto operates 3 production plants (Mladá Boleslav, Kvasiny, Vrchlabí) and employs a total of 36,000 people in the Czech Republic.
Eurofound (2024), Škoda Auto, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 200777, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200777.
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