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.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Food And Beverage Manufacture Of Food Products 10.52 - Manufacture of ice cream
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
24 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
31 August 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2008
Description
Anglo-Dutch consumer good giant Unilever announced on 23 May 2007 that it is planning to cut 200 jobs between August 2007 and December 2008 in France due to falling sales in the country. Unilever France has had negative growth for the last three years. In 2006, sales in the country fell by 2.5%. The job cuts would mainly hit the group's headquarters outside Paris, where it employs 1,300 people. The CEO has presented a three-year project to the works council which could affect 200 employees. A final figure will come after negotiations with employee representatives. Unilever, the world's third-largest consumer goods group, currently employs 4,500 people in France.
Sources
24 May 2007: AFP
25 May 2007: La Tribune
25 May 2007: Le Figaro
25 May 2007: Les Echos
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Unilever, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 65392, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65392.
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