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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Manufacture Of Furniture 31.0 - Manufacture of furniture
125 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
As announced on March 4, 2013, German furniture manufacturer Hülsta will cut 180 jobs in Stadtlohn and Ahaus. This is due to a plan to increase efficiency. There will also be investments in the further automatisation of processes.
In total, Hülsta employs 1,260 people. The company announced talks with worker representatives.
Updated, 05-05-2014: As reported 125 jobs are lost instead of 180 jobs. This is the result of negotiations with the works' council and the union. Management and employee representatives had negotiated a new company agreement which made this step possible. Job reduction was realised by not prolonging fixed-term contracts, voluntary leaves and early retirement options.
Sources
2 March 2013: Westfaelische Nachrichten
4 March 2013: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
5 May 2014: Münsterlandzeitung.de
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Hülsta, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 75050, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75050.
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