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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.11 - Processing and preserving of meat
222 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 March 2006
Employment effect (start)
14 April 2006
Foreseen end date
Description
Łmeat, the Łukowo-based meat processing company, will dismiss 222 workers, with the first redundancies scheduled for April 14, 2006. The redundancies are part of a restructuring package, a reaction to declining demand for the company's products. Redundancies are concentrated in the production and technical departments (151 jobs in total), with further jobs cut in the commercial and finance departments. The security department will be completely dissolved. Some of the affected employees have received offers for cooperation with Łmeat as self-employed.
Sources
30 March 2006: Rzeczpospolita
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Łmeat, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 63257, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63257.
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