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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 July 2015
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
German automotive supplier Continental is to cut 200 out of 1,400 jobs at its plant in Limbach-Oberfrohna between mid-2015 and 2017. Job reduction is due to Volkswagen having recently canceled a large order.
Management and works council have already negotiated a social plan and the job reduction shall be implemented in a socially acceptable manner. According to a spokesperson, natural fluctuation and changing to part-time jobs shall help to implement the measure. The number of operational dismissals is not yet clear.
Continental is one of the biggest automotive suppliers worldwide currently employing around 190,000 people in 53 countries. Since 2010, the German branch has been subject to frequent restructuring (see Continental-2010, Continental-2013) but also job creation (see Continental-2011, Continental-2012).
Sources
10 March 2015: Freie Presse Online
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Continental, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 78748, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78748.
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