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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines
350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 February 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010
Description
ČD Cargo, a freight transport subsidiary of the České dráhy (the state-owned railway company of the Czech Republic) has announced a further 350 job cuts out of 9,860 by the end of 2010. Dismissed workers may be given a generous severance pay amounting up to CZK 100,000 (EUR 3,860) according to length of employment. In 2009, the company implemented 1,500 redundancies (see related fact sheet 14588).
Sources
24 February 2010: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2010), ČD Cargo, Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 70206, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/70206.