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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Basic Metals 24.52 - Casting of steel
800 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
1 December 2012
Description
On 28 August 2012 the steel producer Dunaferr has announced plans to dismiss around 800 employees, including 84 employees from the PR section, fire and safety dispatching, and interpreting and translation services.
256 employees will be dismissed by 1 December 2012, due to the closure of one of the company's sites, Lőrinci Hengermalom. The cuts will affect 460 white-collar workers, whose dismissal has already been announced as a part of the company's internal restructuring programme.
The company intends to follow the Labour Code regulations and to provide possibilities for early retirements and voluntary severance payment.
Sources
28 August 2012: HR Portal
28 August 2012: Heti Világ Gazdaság
28 August 2012: MenedzserFórum
Citation
Eurofound (2012), ISD Dunaferr, Internal restructuring in Hungary, factsheet number 74044, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74044.
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