Dorset County Council

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
United Kingdom
Region
South West (England); North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset; Dorset
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Public Administration / Defence
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
500 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
19 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Dorset County Council has announced that it is to cut 500 jobs. In addition to the job cuts staff will be required to take 12 days unpaid leave, and pay for unsociable working hours will also be reduced. The local authority has announced that it would freeze vacancies and look for volunteers for redundancy but has acknowledged that some redundancies would be compulsory.

Sources

  • 19 January 2011: BBC Website

Citation

Eurofound (2011), Dorset County Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 71471, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/71471.