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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
140 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
18 June 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2013
Foreseen end date
Description
HCL Technologies, an Indian ICT service provider, has announced redundancies of up to 140 employees from its units in Finland. The company is starting mandatory negotiations in early July and expects them to last until the end of August. Subject to negotiations are 209 employees, which mobile phone maker Nokia outsourced to HCL in March. This has raised criticism that Nokia outsourced job cuts to others.
Sources
18 June 2013: YLE News
18 June 2013: Taloussanomat
Citation
Eurofound (2013), HCL Techologies, Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 75572, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/75572.
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