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.
Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.2 - Manufacture of gas; distribution of gaseous fuels through mains
1,290 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 August 2008
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
20 August 2008
Description
The German group E.ON Gaz Romania, with activities in the field of natural gas distribution in North and Centre parts of the country, which at the beginning of 2008 employed 7,990 persons, announced that at present the number of employees is 6,700. This is a result of the promotion of a programme for voluntary redundancies after the privatisation and economic restructuring of the company.
Sources
21 August 2008: Ziarul Financiar
Citation
Eurofound (2008), E.ON, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 66993, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/66993.
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