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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Goods In Specialised Stores 47.75 - Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores
255 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
5 June 2017
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 July 2017
Description
Bodybell, the chain specialised in retail sale of cosmetic products, will implement an employment adjustment affecting 255 workers. Initially, the company proposed to dismiss 304 workers. The number was reduced with a view of reaching an agreement on the measure with the trade unions (UGT, CCOO and USO). Dismissed workers will receive a severance payment equal to 34 days per year worked up to a total of 25 months' pay. The company has agreed with the trade unions to pay the severance payment on the 31 July. Although the measure was proposed once Bodybell was bought by the German group Douglas, the company informs that it is part of the restructuring process initiated in 2015.
Sources
5 June 2017: Inversión&finanzas
31 May 2017: Expansión
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Bodybell, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 91479, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91479.
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