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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
268 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2018
Employment effect (start)
22 January 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
The Dutch telecommunications company Altice has announced that 268 employees (meeting a certain criteria including age and the number of years of social security contributions) from former PT (Portugal Telecommunication) will have the possibility to enter early retirement without any penalty. As a way to mitigate effects of any delay in the granting of retirement pension by the state, Altice will offer a full pension from 1 January 2018.
Sources
20 January 2018: Jornal economico
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Altice, Internal restructuring in Portugal, factsheet number 93248, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93248.
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