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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.83 - Processing of tea and coffee
380 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 March 2016
Employment effect (start)
17 March 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2017
Description
Swiss food producer Nestle announced to close down its German site in Mainz. A total of 380 employees and 25 apprentices will be affected by this decision while Nestle management wants to move production to Schwerin (Mecklenburg) in order to save costs. In 2013, Nestle opened the new production site in Schwerin and therefore created 450 jobs (see 07.2013).
The management however seeks a socially acceptable solution including the option for some employees to work at other Nestle sites in Germany. In addition, the company wants to set up a transfer agency. However, Nestle and the works council still need to negotiate a plan for the job reduction scheme. Nestle currently employs around 339,000 staff worldwide.
Sources
18 March 2016: SWR.DE
17 March 2016: Cash.de
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Nestle, Closure in Germany, factsheet number 86856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/86856.
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