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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
96 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
27 February 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2012
Foreseen end date
31 August 2012
Description
Eniro Sentraali, a provider of contact center and phone directory services, has announced that it will lay off 96 employees from three units. The company has concluded negotiations on the cuts.
Eniro Sentraali will completely close the units in Joensuu and Pori and scale down operations in Kajaani. Up to 30 employees may be given jobs in other units in Kajaani, Helsinki and Suomussalmi. The company notes that the demand for telephone directory services has declined.
Before the start of the trade union negotiations, a total of 121 jobs were under risk of being eliminated or made part-time positions.
Sources
27 February 2012: YLE Internet News
27 February 2012: Taloussanomat
27 February 2012: Helsingin Sanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Eniro Sentraali, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 73184, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73184.
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