Ethics in the digital workplace
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Siemens Gamesa, a Spanish-German wind engineering company specialised in the manufacturing of wind turbines and onshore/offshore wind services, has announced an employment regulation file (ERE) to eliminate 430 jobs in Spain out of a total of its global payroll of 4,100.
The company has announced 28 May 2024 this employment adjustment to be initially focused on office staff, with a 13% reduction in employment in this area and geographically located in the centres of Sarriguren (Navarre), Zamudio (Basque Country) and Madrid. It is not yet known how the adjustment plan will affect each work centre, but it seems that the company could clarify this in the next Employment Committee, to be scheduled for mid-July.
The unions have rejected the adjustment plan presented by the company, which has demanded a viability plan to avoid these redundancies.
Previous restructuring events in Siemens Gamesa were recorded in 2022 Siemens Gamesa-2022-ES and 2021 Siemens Gamesa-2021-ES
Eurofound (2024), Siemens Gamesa, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 201217, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/201217.