Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Germany
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Food And Beverage
Manufacture Of Food Products
10 - Manufacture of food products

190 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
11 December 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2008
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

Unilever, a multi-national group that produces a range of domestic, hygiene, and food products, has announced that it is to cut 190 jobs in Germany within the next two years. Job cuts in Germany are part of Unilever’s global restructuring programme.

Unilever currently employs some 1,000 employees in Germany. The restructuring programme affecting business activities in Germany, Switzerland and Austria will be managed at the group’s headquarters in Hamburg.

In May 2007, the group announced the cut of 20,000 jobs worldwide (see related world factsheet).


Sources

  • 11 December 2007: Financial Times Deutschland
  • 11 December 2007: Handelsblatt

Citation

Eurofound (2007), Unilever, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 66118, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66118.