Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Poland
Region
Poludniowo-Zachodni; Dolnoslaskie; Wroclawski
Location of affected unit(s)
Długołęka
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture For Transport Equipment
Manufacture Of Other Transport Equipment
30 - Manufacture of other transport equipment

100 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
23 June 2009
Employment effect (start)
23 June 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2009

Description

The producer of trucks Volvo Truck has started to dismiss about 100 people (out of a total workforce of 250) from its factory in Długołęka by Wrocław. The redundancies will last until the end of 2009. The rest of the workers have agreed to work 12 hours per day and, in the case of a fall in orders, to have free days from work.


Sources

  • 23 June 2009: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside (www.wnp.pl)

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Volvo Trucks, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 69126, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69126.