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.
Financial / Insurance/ Estate 64 - Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
550 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
7 September 2012
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 March 2013
Description
On 7 September 2012, financial intermediary Żagiel announced plans for collective dismissal. The company is to cut about 550 jobs.
Paweł Radzieciak, the director of Żagiel, said that the redundancies will be implemented by the end of March 2013.
The reasons given for the dismissals are worse than expected financial results of the company and the general economic slowdown in Poland.
The company is to negotiate the conditions of the restructuring with the local trade unions.
Financial intermediary Żagiel has been operating in Poland since 1990. The company has about 140 units across Poland. On 31 July 2012, Żagiel was acquired by Santander Consumer Finance.
Sources
7 September 2012: Strefa Biznesu ()
27 September 2012: Gazeta Wyborcza ()
Citation
Eurofound (2012), Żagiel, Internal restructuring in Poland, factsheet number 74186, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74186.
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