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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.1 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores
612 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 July 2008
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009
Description
Carrefour, a world leader in distribution, is to cut 612 jobs in Italy. The last summer the company announced a reorganisation plan that envisaged a reduction of its workforce in some regions. In particular, in September and October, 500 job cuts affected the supermarkets located in Campania and in Puglia; while, at the beginning of the new year, the company has announced 112 job cuts at the hypermarket located in Rome.
The trade unions reacted to the company's decision doing several industrial actions.
Carrefour is the world's second largest retailer and the largest in Europe. It has around 25,000 employees in Italy.
Sources
14 January 2009: Il Sole 24 Ore
Citation
Eurofound (2008), Carrefour, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 67977, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67977.
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