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.
Information / Computing 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
640 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 April 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Computer services firm Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has announced that it plans to cut 640 jobs across the UK. The company announced that the job cuts relate to changes in the organisation and in customers' demands.
Unite, the trade union representing workers said that it was disappointed at the move which it says brings the total number of redundancies at the firm to 1,100 since February.
The company started formal 90-day consultations with the unions.
Sources
23 April 2012: The Independent
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Computer Sciences Corporation, Internal restructuring in United Kingdom, factsheet number 73509, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/73509.
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