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.
Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
260 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009
Description
WSK PZL Rzeszów, the producer of components and engines for the aviation industry, plans to cut 260 jobs by the end of 2009. The redundancies would have been more extensive - with original plans calling for 350 - were it not for the success of other cost-cutting measures. These included an 11-day unpaid leave for some employees and a pay increase considerably smaller than that guaranteed in the collective agreement.
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