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
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2022, Case number: 2
559 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2021
Employment effect (start)
31 January 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
Fedex, an American courier service company and part of the multinational TNT group, has announced it wil dismiss 671 employees in its facility in the airport of Liege. The restructuring is part of a larger European strategy to centralise operations further. Concretely, a part of the actitivies at the airport of Liege will be transferred to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Trade union representatives at Fedex have stated that currently only administrative personnel are affected by the internal restructuring. The larger European effort will in total lead to the dismissal of approximately 6300 employees.
Update 01/07/2021: After the so-called Renault procedure has passed, which involves obligatory negotiations and consultations between the employer and trade unions, the number of dismissals has been reduced to a total of 157.
Update 08/02/2023
In 2022, the airport in Liege was further downsized as part of the plan to make the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport the primary hub. As a result, the final number of dismissed employees is 559.
An application to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support the redundant workers was filed, for which €1.9 million have been granted.
8 February 2023: European Commission (ec.europa.eu)
Citation
Eurofound (2021), Fedex, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 103025, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/103025.
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