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Public Administration And Defence Public Administration And Defence; Compulsory Social Security Administration Of The State And The Economic And Social Policy Of The Community 84.1 - Administration of the State and the economic and social policy of the community
156 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Kaunas city municipality intends to dismiss 156 employees at the beginning of December 2015. This decision was taken at a Council meeting on 9 June 2015. According to the new mayor of Kaunas, the dismissals are motivated by an attempt to eliminate the duplication of functions and save around 3 million EUR of budget funds.
Sources
9 June 2015: Verslo zinios
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Kaunas city municipality, Internal restructuring in Lithuania, factsheet number 83706, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83706.
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