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 Manufacturing Of Machinery And Equipment Manufacture Of Machinery And Equipment N.E.C. 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
200 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 February 2009
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Unex, a company manufacturing cranes in Humenné, Slovakia, is to make redundant 200 employees. The employment effect start and timeline are not yet announced.
According to the latest information, company management is trying to substitute the dismissed employees by hiring individual workers for temporary jobs upon fix-term contracts. Information on actual numbers is not available.
Sources
4 February 2009: SME
28 May 2009: Hospodárske noviny ()
Citation
Eurofound (2009), Unex, Internal restructuring in Slovakia, factsheet number 68377, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/68377.
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