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 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 March 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012
Description
Nestlé subsidiary meat processor Herta is undergoing restructuring as a result of which two out of three German plants (Berlin and Neuenkirchen) will be sold to German company Sprehe. The Herta plant at Langenbochum/Herne will be restructured. 250 to 300 posts shall be shed by the end of the year. Within the framework of restructuring, 110 dismissals of standard workers plus the termination of 40 fixed term contracts and 60 to 100 temporary agency worker contracts are foreseen.
Sources
23 March 2012: Hertener Allgemeine
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Herta, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 73478, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/73478.
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