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.
Région Wallonne; Prov. Brabant Wallon; Arr. Nivelles
Location of affected unit(s)
Rixensart and other locations
Sector
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals Manufacture Of Basic Pharmaceutical Products And Pharmaceutical Preparations 21.20 - Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
170 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 December 2015
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Last year, the British pharmaceuticals producer GlaxoSmithKline took over the vaccine division of Novartis. As a consequence, the enterprise is now confronted with a lot of overlap and double filled functions. The Research and Development department in Belgium is contracting by some 340 posts, the majority of them senior and skilled. Half will move to another job in GSK. The remaining 170 will leave the company.
The trade union is negotiating for priority to be given to voluntary departure and voluntary switches to part-time jobs. They indicate that social partner negotiations are taking place in an open and positive atmosphere. GSK employs 8,900 people in Belgium.
Sources
3 December 2015: La Libre
3 December 2015: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2015), GlaxoSmithKline, Merger/Acquisition in Belgium, factsheet number 85650, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/85650.
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