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Région Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijke Gewest;
Location of affected unit(s)
Brussels
Sector
Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.10 - Passenger rail transport, interurban
2,293 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 February 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
In the context of negotiations on a new social agreement between the railway unions and HR Rail, the HR service of the national railway company NMBS-SNCB, 2,293 job cuts have been announced. The cuts are spread over the personnel department itself, HR Rail (-371 jobs), railway operations NMBS-SNCB (-1,208) and the infrastructure department Infrabel (-714 jobs). Forced redundancies may be avoided as many employees are due to retire in the coming years.
The reason given for the cuts is that new management contract with the Belgian government foresees a 20% gain in productivity, 6% of which is to be achieved through personnel cost reductions.
Sources
10 February 2016: De Redactie
10 February 2016: De Tijd
11 February 2016: De Standaard
Citation
Eurofound (2016), NMBS-SNCB, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 86529, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86529.
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