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Provinces of Catania, Messina, Ragusa and Benevento
Sector
Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Household Goods 46.43 - Wholesale of electrical household appliances
83 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 July 2019
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
The white goods retailer Papino Elettrodomestici announced the start of the collective dismissal procedures for 83 employees employed in some of the group's 32 sales points, of which 31 in Sicily and one in Benevento (Campania).
Dismissals will be particularly concentrated in the provinces of Catania, Messina and Ragusa.
The trade unions, aware of the difficult economic situation faced by the group, had been asking for the use of temporary shock absorber instruments. They deem the decision unexpected and argue they will call a joint examination procedure in order to avoid dismissals and safeguard personnel.
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