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Transportation / Storage Land, Water And Air Transportation Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines 49.1 - Passenger rail transport, interurban
500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
26 July 2012
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
Polish railway operator Przewozy Regionalne announced plans to create a new unit in the ?ód? Voivodeship, where 300 jobs are expected to be created. The workplaces at the unit will be reserved for workers from the Silesian unit of Przewozy Regionalne which will be closed by the end of 2012 (see the case on unit's closure).
It is also reported that another 200 redundant workers from the Silesian unit will be hired in other units in Poland, mainly in the Opole, ?wi?tokrzyskie and Ma?opolska Voivodeships. The company will implement its restructuring programme in close cooperation with the Poviat Employment Agency. The programme called "Adaptation to change" will offer training and workshops for the redundant workers.
Sources
26 July 2012: Onet ()
20 August 2012: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Przewozy Regionalne, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 74006, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/74006.
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