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 For Transport Equipment Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment 30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment
3,350 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
15 January 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 May 2009
Description
At the Gdynia shipyard (Stocznia Gdynia), 1,500 employees (out of a total workforce of 4,500) agreed to terminate their employment relations by the end of April 2009. The voluntary redundancy programme offer severance payments between PLN 20,000 and PLN 60,000. However, the scale of redundancies turned out to be larger than originally announced. As of May 2009, about 3,350 workers were dismissed from Stocznia Gdynia.
Sources
31 May 2009: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)
15 January 2009: Polska Agencja Prasowa Webside (www.pap.pl)
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Stocznia Gdynia, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 67873, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/67873.
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