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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
600 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
8 March 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
The Czech bank Česká Spořitelna (CS), part of the Erste Group, announced 600 job cuts across all its branches in the Czech Republic in 2013, representing 5.5% out of the 11,014 staff.
The bank plans to reduce operating costs and to save CZK 1 billion (EUR 39.30 million) in 2013. Job cuts will affect all parts of the bank across positions including managerial posts.
The restructuring occurs despite the fact that the bank increased its consolidated net profit by 21.8 percent to a record CZK 16.61 billion last year.
Sources
8 March 2013: Reuters
8 March 2013: Hospodárske noviny
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Česká Spořitelna (CS), Internal restructuring in Czechia, factsheet number 75042, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75042.
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