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.
Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.4 - Retail Sale Of Information And Communication Equipment In Specialised Stores
80 - 100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 January 2024
Employment effect (start)
10 January 2024
Foreseen end date
Description
NEONET, a Polish retail chain selling electronic equipment and accessories, will make 100 people redundant. The redundancies are related to the company's internal restructuring, whose other activities include closing stationery shops - a process that has already begun. Head office and shop employees will be made redundant; all employees will be covered by a support programme including, among others, a severance pay guarantee and an outplacement programme, and a support package is being prepared in cooperation with the Local Labour Office. NEONET is a Wroclaw-based Polish retail chain offering computer equipment and consoles, TV and audio equipment, mobile phones, tablets, photographic equipment and accessories, mechanised household equipment and accompanying services. It has around 256 shops spread across Poland.
Eurofound (2024), NEONET, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 200677, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/200677.
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