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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28.25 - Manufacture of non-domestic cooling and ventilation equipment
205 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
2 April 2020
Employment effect (start)
31 March 2020
Foreseen end date
30 April 2020
Description
The Polish producer of refrigeration equipment JBG-2 will cut up to 205 positions throughout a collective dismissal programme at its two production facilities in Warszowice and Żory by the end of April 2020. The programme will affect both administrative and production staff. The source reports that the redundant workers will receive severance pay. The restructuring is motivated the fall in demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
JBG-2 has been operating in Poland since 1989; currently, the company employs 730 people.
Eurofound (2020), JBG-2, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 100284, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/100284.
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