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Health / Social Work Human Health Services And Activities Human Health Activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
45 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Aleris, private health and geriatric care services provider, is to let go of 45 employees in Bollnäs due to a lower than expected number of patients. Aleris has 420 employees at the hospital and at the health centre in Bollnäs. Beyond reducing the staff, Aleris will also be closing down the surgery unit on weekends and reduce the number of beds.
Aleris is a subsidiary of the Aleris Group, a major health and geriatric care services provider in Sweden, Norway and Denmark with 7,000 employees.
As of January 2013 there is no information about when the reductions will start taking effect, or when they will be implemented by, although the other cost cutting measures will be implemented during the spring.
Sources
8 January 2013: Sveriges Radio
8 January 2013: Dagens Medicin
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Aleris, Internal restructuring in Sweden, factsheet number 74736, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74736.
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