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 Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products 23.51 - Manufacture of cement
150 - 200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 June 2015
Employment effect (start)
30 September 2015
Foreseen end date
31 July 2018
Description
Cement producer Lafarge has announced it will cut about 200 positions in its cement division by 2018. The company announced that most of the cuts will be done through a voluntary early retirement scheme included in a global employment forecast agreement negotiated with unions. Lafarge employs about 4,500 people in France and around 1,400 staff in its cement activity. According to management, the 200 job cuts is the maximum foreseen. The first early retirements are expected after negotiation between social partners that could take about 4 months. The early retirement plan is independent of the employment consequences of the merger with the Swiss cement group Holcim, which has already led to 203 announced job cuts.
Sources
26 June 2015: Le Figaro
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Lafarge, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 83901, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/83901.
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