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.
Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53 - Postal and courier activities
120 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
25 February 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2019
Description
Polish national postal operator Poczta Polska has announced that it will create more jobs at its units across Poland than it initially declared in February 2018. The company had launched a programme targeted at people with certified disabilities and planned to recruit 400 people across the country by the end of 2019. Poczta Polska recently announced that 120 positions have been created since then and another 400 are expected to be created by the end of 2019, leading to a total of 520 new jobs under the programme. As of February 2019, Poczta Polska employs about 1,500 people with disabilities.
Eurofound (2019), Poczta Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 97358, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97358.
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