Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
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.
Česká pošta-2023-CZThe state postal carrier Česká pošta is continuing its restructuring plan, which began in 2023, and will lay off a total of 1,250 people as of April 1, 2025. The largest number of positions to be eliminated is expected to be in the client workers section, i.e. employees at the counters, and also in the parcel delivery zone. The layoffs will also affect 250 managers and officials. Prague and the South Bohemian Region are expected to be the most affected, followed by the Central Bohemian and Moravian-Silesian Regions.
The trade unions disagree with restructuring and speak of incompetence. On the contrary, according to the Czech Post´s spokesman, Matyáš Vitík, this is about streamlining work. The transformation of the company is to continue in the spring of 2025 when the Czech Post is to be divided into a state-owned enterprise operating a branch network providing services to citizens according to the requirements of the state and a commercial Balíkovna covering parcel and logistics services. A strategic partner from the private sector should then join Balíkovna.
Currently, Czech Post has approximately 20,000 employees.
This is the factsheet describing a previous wave of collective dismissals: Česká pošta-2023-CZ
Eurofound (2025), Česká pošta (Czech Post), Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 202158, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/202158.
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