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Utilities Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply 35.1 - Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
180 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 September 2011
Employment effect (start)
16 August 2011
Foreseen end date
Description
On 16 August 2011, the Polish electricity producer and distributor PGE Obrót finished the first stage of a voluntary redundancy programme cutting 180 jobs. The programme was introduced in July 2011.
About 180 workers applied to voluntary redundancy. The affected workers will receive a severance pay equal to 30 months' wages (it may amount to more than 100,000 PLN/ 25,000 EUR per person). The company is currently terminating the contracts with the workers.
The programme is a part of a large restructuring within the whole PGE group. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is one of the largest electricity producer and supplier in Poland. It employs 45,000 people across the country.
Sources
9 May 2011: Rzeczpospolita
12 September 2011: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł
Citation
Eurofound (2011), PGE Obrót, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 72631, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/72631.
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