Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities
Postal And Courier Activities
53.2 - Other postal and courier activities

623 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
256 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
17 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014

Description

Courier delivery services company TNT Express is to cut 623 jobs and to create 256 in France.

Job cuts are reported to affect the three divisions TNT Express France (support functions), TNT Express National (national delivery services) and TNT Express International. The employment effects is to begin in 2014 after the end of the consultation process.

According to the source, the job cuts are part of TNT Express’s new business plan "Deliver!" that aims at cutting 4,000 positions worldwide.

TNT Express is headquartered in the Netherlands, operating 120 centers and employing 4,800 staff in France.


Sources

  • 17 October 2013: Les Echos

Citation

Eurofound (2013), TNT Express, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 76031, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76031.