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108 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
13 February 2014
Employment effect (start)
28 February 2014
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Supermarket chain Colruyt announced its intention to cease activities of the printing division in Symeta, a subsidiary specialised in printing and managing of documents. This will lead to the cut of 108 jobs in Halle. The job cuts will affect 80 blue-collar workers and 28 white-collar workers. According to the management, the decision comes from the need to discontinue the extensive use of partial unemployment (i.e. short time work) due to the non-profitability of the factory. Colruyt announced that it will redeploy as many employees as possible within the group.
Unions declared their intention to have a constructive dialogue with the management and negotiate a reduction of the number of layoffs. The ‘Renault’ procedure will be launched shortly.
Sources
13 February 2014: RTBF
13 February 2014: 7sur7
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Sytema, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 76621, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76621.
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