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North West (England); Greater Manchester; Greater Manchester North East
Location of affected unit(s)
Oldham
Sector
Public Administration / Defence 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security 84 - Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 November 2004
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
250 jobs are to go at Oldham Council in order to cut a budget overspend of nearly £10 million. It is not known which staff will be affected at the council, but compulsory redundancies have not been ruled out. The authority says it hopes the losses can be achieved through natural wastage, redeployment, early retirement and voluntary redundancies. It says the cuts are necessary to ensure key services are not affected.
Sources
10 November 2004: BBC News
Citation
Eurofound (2004), Oldham Council, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 60787, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/60787.