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Professional Services Professional Services And Management Consultancy Activities Of Head Offices; Management Consultancy Activities 70.2 - Management consultancy activities
580 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
On 9 May 2006 Arbo Unie (an organisation specialised in support and implementation of working condition laws e.g. reintegration of disabled workers) announced that it will cut some 580 jobs. According to the CEO Dick van der Laan, the internal restructuring is required by the decrease in sick leave from 6% to below 4% in the last few years. Van der Laan: We are the victim of our own success. Van der Laan also said that about 150 employees face a direct dismissal. A spokesman of Abvakabo FNV (trade union) is surprised because they are still negotiating with the Arbo Unie in order to avoid direct dismissals.
Sources
10 May 2006: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Arbo Unie, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 63496, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63496.
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