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Health / Social work 86 - Human health activities 86 - Human health activities 86 - Human health activities
150 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
6 September 2007
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Livio, an organization that operates in the domiciliary care sector, has announced that it is to cut 150 jobs. The majority of those workers affected are on part-time contracts. The background of the decision to cut jobs is the liberalization of the market for domiciliary care by the Dutch Government and also cuts in the health care budget by the Dutch Government. In the domiciliary care sector as a whole, it is expected that 5,000 jobs will be cut in 2007. Livio employs 2000 in the Netherlands, and as of September 2007 there is no further information on when the job losses will be implemented by.
Sources
6 September 2007: NRC Handelsblad
6 September 2007: Het Financieele Dagblad
Citation
Eurofound (2007), Livio, Internal restructuring in Netherlands, factsheet number 65857, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/65857.