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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.1 - Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
216 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 August 2007
Employment effect (start)
3 September 2007
Foreseen end date
3 December 2007
Description
Vattenfall Eldistribution, a firm that distributes and sells electricity and is a part of the Vattenfall group, is to close 24 offices across Sweden with the loss of 216 jobs. The services offered by the sites affected by the closure are to be moved to Stockholm, and all affected employees are to be offered the opportunity to move to Stockholm. Several trade unions have criticized the relocation plan. The firm's original plan was to implement 350 job losses but trade union opposition had the effect of reducing this number to 216. The scheduled job losses will be implemented by the end of 2007. Vattenfall Eldistribution employs 800 in Sweden.
Sources
22 August 2007: Svenska Dagbladet
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Vattenfall Eldistribution, Relocation in Sweden, factsheet number 65775, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65775.
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