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Health / Social work 86 - Human health activities 86.1 - Hospital activities 86.1 - Hospital activities
183 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 September 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 October 2014
Foreseen end date
31 October 2016
Description
The public hospital in Brest has announced a restructuring plan to cut 183 positions in order to eliminate a deficit of € 8, 7 million. Management highlighted the need to modernise the hospital. Unions organised a strike (11, 5pc of employees have participated) to denounce job cuts. The job reduction measure will take place by means of natural attrition and retirements (300 departures are scheduled in the next two years, so that 117 will not be replaced).
Sources
23 September 2014: Le Télégramme
23 September 2014: Ouest-France
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de la Cavale Blanche, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 77612, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/77612.