Unilever France

Type
Offshoring/Delocalisation
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(20 - 21) Manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
20.4 - Manufacture of washing, cleaning and polishing preparations
20.41 - Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations
New offshoring locations
Netherlands
152 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
11 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013

Description

Unilever France, member of the Anglo–Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever, is planning to cut 152 positions by 2013, in the framework of a European restructuring. The job cuts will affect 87 managers and 65 technicians. The positions will be partially transferred in the Netherlands. Management stresses to have informed employees’ representatives on EU level in December 2012.

Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2013), Unilever France, Offshoring/Delocalisation in France, factsheet number 75087, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75087.