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Manufacturing Manufacture For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Motor Vehicles, Trailers And Semi-Trailers 29.3 - Manufacture of parts and accessories for motor vehicles
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
30 January 2018
Foreseen end date
30 September 2018
Description
Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA) has announced a liquidation of its subsidiary Comau Poland. The company will close two factories located in Bielsko-Biała and Tychy and all the 150 workers are set to be dismissed by a collective dismissal programme by the end of September 2018. The conditions of the programme were negotiated with the local trade unions and an agreement was signed on 29 January 2018. The redundant workers will receive a severance payment according to their seniority.
Sources
30 January 2018: Gzeta Wyborcza
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Comau Poland, Closure in Poland, factsheet number 93206, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93206.
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