The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
190 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
5 February 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
German car manufacturer Opel has announced that it will cut up to 190 jobs at its factory in Gliwice through a voluntary departure programme. Employees will be able to join the programme in January 2018. Redundant workers will receive severance pay according to their seniority. The source reports that the company plans to liquidate the third shift which it implemented in 2015 and which created 300 new jobs at the time; and restore a two shifts system in the factory. The changes will be implemented at the beginning of February 2018.
Opel belongs to US-American General Motors and employs around 34,300 people worldwide. General Motors has been operating in Poland since 1994. The plant in Gliwice was opened in 1998.
Sources
4 January 2018: Wirtualna Polska (WP)
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Opel, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 93140, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93140.
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