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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
520 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 October 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Finish retail company Suomen Lähikauppa has initiated employer-employee negotiations concerning 520 employees under zero-hour contracts. As this form of contract is not recognized by the union the company will terminate the contracts and divide the working hours over its permanent and part-time workforce.
Suomen Lähikauppa employs a total of 4,600 people in Finland. The restructuring will primarily affect the two retail chains Siwa and Valintatalo.
Sources
16 October 2014: karjalainen
16 October 2014: Taloussanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2014), Suomen Lähikauppa, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 77738, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77738.
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