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Construction Construction Of Buildings And Infrastructure Engineering Civil Engineering 42.11 - Construction of roads and motorways
209 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
22 March 2019
Employment effect (start)
1 June 2019
Foreseen end date
Description
Through the opening of a mobility procedure, the road maintenance company Pavimental announced the dismissal of 209 workers employed in road maintenance activities to be carried out from June 2019.
A social shock absorber scheme put in place to alleviate the crisis faced by the company after the expiry of the maintenance contract with Autostrade per l'Italia at the end of 2017 is supporting 277 maintenance workers. The social shock absorber scheme will come to an end in June 2019 for 209 workers, whom will be dismissed afterwards.
The trade unions declared a state of permanent mobilisation in order to find an adequate solution.
Eurofound (2019), Pavimental, Internal restructuring in Italy, factsheet number 97507, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/97507.
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