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 Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10 - Manufacture of food products
104 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 January 2011
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Belgium frozen vegatables producer Ardo-Finus has presented a redundancy procedure (expediente de regulacíon de empleo, ERE) which will result in the loss of all 104 jobs in the Albacete factory. The company has justified the redundancy procedure (still to be enacted by the labour authority) on economic grounds. However, the trade union representatives disagrees with the reasons that the company put forward to justify the redundancies. The trade union representatives and the management are currently negotiating the closure conditions.
Sources
22 January 2011: La verdad
Citation
Eurofound (2011), Ardo-Findus, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 71700, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71700.
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