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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.92 - Other credit granting
300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
9 December 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2014
Foreseen end date
30 April 2014
Description
Danish bank Nykredit is to make 300 workers redundant. This will mainly affect mid-level managers and employees at the headquarters. Staff that is in costumer care will not be cut. This is part of a large-scale savings plan.
Negotiations with labor representatives will last until 31 December. The management stated that it aims at implementing some of the cuts via natural attrition.
Updated, 26/03/2014: Following negotiations with the employee representatives it was announced that the job reduction plan refers to 220 direct redundancies and 80 job losses by means of natural attrition.
Sources
9 December 2013: Borsen.dk
10 December 2013: politiken.dk
26 March 2014: epn.dk
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Nykredit, Internal restructuring in Denmark, factsheet number 76312, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76312.
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