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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.20 - Activities of call centres
355 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
28 September 2016
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The call centre Extel has announced its intention of implementing an employment adjustment affecting that may affect 355 workers (12% of its entire workforce). More than a half of the dismissals (205) will be concentrated at the company's offices located in La Coruña (Galicia). The remaining dismissals will affect the offices of Zaragoza (104), Alcobendas (29), Hospitalet (13) and Málaga (4). The company explains that the measure is justified due to productive reasons, mainly derived from the decision taken from its main client, Movistar, of reducing the amount of work contracted out. The trade unions reject the measure proposed and have called for a strike to demand the withdrawal of the dismissals.
Sources
28 September 2016: La Opinion
13 October 2016: Cadena SER
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Extel, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 88867, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/88867.
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