The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Coke And Refined Petroleum Products Manufacture Of Coke And Refined Petroleum Products 19 - Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
200 - 600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 December 2014
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
PKN Orlen (Polish Petroleum Consortium Orlen) has announced its plan to reduce number of jobs by 200 by establishing voluntary dismissal programme. The reason for this is the planned change in work organization from five into a four-brigade system at the beginning of 2015. On 15 December 2014, the company has signed a bilateral agreement with the local trade unions setting out the conditions of the dismissal procedures. The redundant workers will receive a severance pay, which level will depend on a number of factors, yet with the upper limit of PLN 95,000 (EUR 22,436).
Local trade unions claim that the restructuring programme will bring further reduction of up to 20% of the total workforce which will result in 600 jobs reduction rather than 200.
PKN Orlen is the biggest Polish fuel company which currently employs 3,120 people. The company operates also in Czech Republic, Germany and the Baltic States.
Sources
15 December 2014: Rzeczpospolta
Citation
Eurofound (2014), PKN Orlen, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 78141, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78141.
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