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Makroregion województwo mazowieckie; Warszawski stołeczny; Miasto Warszawa
Location of affected unit(s)
Warszawa
Sector
Media 60 - Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 60 - Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities 60 - Programming, broadcasting, news agency and other content distribution activities
295 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2007
Description
The chairman of Polskie Radio, the national radio producer and broadcaster, has unveiled a restructuring programme designed to shed excess jobs. In the course of the coming 12 months, Polskie Radio will be letting go 20% of its total workforce, some 300 persons.
In January 2007, Polskie Radio announced that redundancies in its organisation may extend to as many as 445 employees.
According to information released on 21 March 2007 the trade unions agreed for redundandies of 295 persons. At the same time from January 2007 Polskie Radio employed 60 new workers.
Sources
1 February 2007: Rzeczpospolita
21 March 2007: Gazeta Wyborcza
23 August 2006: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Polskie Radio, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 63944, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63944.