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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale In Non-Specialised Stores 47.11 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
23 August 2021
Employment effect (start)
23 August 2021
Foreseen end date
Description
German discount supermarket chain Lidl announced that it will create 500 new jobs at its stores and distribution centres across Poland in the near future. Between 23 August and 12 September 2021, the company is to conduct a recruitment campaign – another edition of the nationawide ‘Work for years’ campaing. The source also reports that the chain has increased monthly wages at every level of its sale structure since March 2021. All new employees will receive a benefit package, including private medical care, life insurance and training programme as well as foreing language learning.
Eurofound (2021), Lidl, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 105148, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105148.
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