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Transportation / Storage 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines 49.1 - Passenger rail transport
150 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 December 2015
Description
Spanish rail services firm, Renfe, will hire 150 workers in 2015. Workers will be employed across different departments from train drivers to commercial staff. This is the first recruitment drive since the onset of the economic crisis. In 2013, the company announced 350 dismissals, which were implemented in 2014. At present the company employs 14,500 workers, with an average age of 54 years.
Sources
16 July 2015: Expanisón
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Renfe, Business expansion in Spain, factsheet number 84300, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/84300.