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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
89 - 126 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
6 November 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
German savings bank Erzgebirgssparkasse will cut at least 89 jobs in Saxony. This is due to the closure of 38 branches.
The bank is responding to a changing consumer behaving, which shows a tendency towards online banking and the use of ATMs.
The job cuts include 65 full-time and 24 part-time positions. As stated by a spokesperson of worker representatives, at least another 23 fixed-term positions are to expire.
The bank aims to avoid forced redundancies.
Sources
5 November 2013: Freie Presse
6 November 2013: MDR
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Erzgebirgssparkasse, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76194, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76194.
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