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Administrative Services Rental And Leasing Activities Rental And Leasing Activities 77 - Rental and leasing activities
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
22 June 2016
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
Gewofag, a German housing association, announced plans to cut 100 jobs by 2021. An external consulting company reached the conclusion that the company needs to save costs in the area of cleaning. Thus, the number of employees should be reduced by extending the cycles and lower the frequency of facility cleaning. Mostly affected are employees in the supervision of buildings. However, according to the management, dismissals due to operational reasons are to be avoided. The bulk of the cuts should be achieved via natural fluctuation. In 2015, business figures forecasted a surplus of over €19,6 million.
The works council announced that they are aiming to reduce the figures of the redundancies. Gewofag, headquartered in Munich, manages over 34,000 flats and currently employs 800 staff.
Sources
22 June 2016: Abendzeitung München
22 June 2016: Süddeutsche (online)
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Gewofag, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 87972, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87972.
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