Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Poland
Region
Centralny; Mazowieckie; Miasto Warszawa
Location of affected unit(s)
Warszawa
Sector
Information / Communication
Publishing Of Information; Production And Programming Of Audiovisual
Programming And Broadcasting Activities
60 - Programming and broadcasting activities

295 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
30 September 2007

Description

The chairman of Polskie Radio, the national radio producer and broadcaster, has unveiled a restructuring programme designed to shed excess jobs. In the course of the coming 12 months, Polskie Radio will be letting go 20% of its total workforce, some 300 persons.

In January 2007, Polskie Radio announced that redundancies in its organisation may extend to as many as 445 employees.

According to information released on 21 March 2007 the trade unions agreed for redundandies of 295 persons. At the same time from January 2007 Polskie Radio employed 60 new workers.


Sources

  • 1 February 2007: Rzeczpospolita
  • 21 March 2007: Gazeta Wyborcza
  • 23 August 2006: Puls Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Polskie Radio, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 63944, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63944.