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Telecommunications company, UPC, is to make 170 employees redundant across Ireland, due to realignment of its operations.
The areas affected are customer care, sales and field operations. It is assumed that most of the 170 jobs to be made redundant will be in Limerick.
UPC, which bought out Chorus and NTL - merging the two companies - is relocating some of its work to the Philippines. It says it needs to make the adjustments to its operation in Ireland so that the company can remain agile.
SIPTU and Unite, which represent UPC employees, are engaging with the company during the 30-day consultation period. Severance terms have not yet been finalised. It is hoped that the job reduction measure will be facilitated on a voluntary basis, without the need for compulsory redundancies.
Sources
20 February 2015: The Irish Examiner
20 February 2015: Independent.ie
Citation
Eurofound (2015), UPC, Outsourcing in Ireland, factsheet number 78601, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78601.
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