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Professional Services Scientific, Architectural And Engineering Technical Activities Architectural And Engineering Activities; Technical Testing And Analysis 71.1 - Architectural and engineering activities and related technical consultancy
726 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
16 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
31 December 2014
Description
Tragsa, Empresa de Transformación Agraria, parent company of the Spanish Tragsa Group, announced plans to apply for a redundancy procedure (ERE) affecting 836 jobs.
According to the sources the group presented to the unions its plans for job reduction measures affecting in total 1,639 jobs, 836 ones in its parent company Tragsa, Empresa de Transformación Agraria and 803 ones in its subsidiary Tecnologías y Servicios Agrarios, Tragsatec.
Tragsa is providing services in the areas of protection and conservation of natural resources and rural development.
The group belongs to the state-owned industrial holding company Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI).
The timeline for the restructuring plans is not yet available. For previously reported restructuring in the group see Tragsatec-2011.
UPDATE 3/12/2013: Tragsa will finally dismiss 726 employees. Dismissed workers will leave the company by 31 December 2014. They will receive a compensation equal to 20 days per year worked.
Sources
29 November 2013: RTVE
16 October 2013: Cinco Días
16 October 2013: Expansión
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Tragsa Empresa de Transformación Agraria, Internal restructuring in Spain, factsheet number 76024, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76024.
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