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Manufacturing Manufacture Of Basic Metal And Fabricated Metal Products Manufacture Of Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery And Equipment 25.12 - Manufacture of doors and windows of metal
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 November 2022
Employment effect (start)
22 November 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
On November 10th, the Danish manufacturer of windows, VELUX, announced the planned dismissal of up to 200 people in its Gniezno production plants. Additionally, layoffs will affect 120 people in the Namyslow plant. Lower demand and the need to cut production were the reasons for the dismissals. The exact terms of the job reduction process are being negotiated with trade unions. The move comes two months after a 4-day working week was introduced in the Gniezno and Namyslow plants to avoid dismissals.
The company operates two production plants in Gniezno, employing over 1000 people. A previous employment restructuring in Poland took place in 2012, when VELUX expanded in Namysłów (VELUX-2012-PL).
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2022), VELUX, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 107847, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107847.
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