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Arts / Entertainment Arts, Entertainment And Culture Gambling And Betting Activities 92 - Gambling and betting activities
656 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
3 July 2014
Employment effect (start)
31 July 2014
Foreseen end date
31 October 2014
Description
OPAP, Greece’s sole sports betting and lottery group,announced a voluntary exit plan for 656 employees at its sites in Attica and Thessaloniki.
According to the sources the Organization of Football Prognostics offers a voluntary redundancy plan for about three-quarters of its staff at OPAP Services, located in Attica (Athens and Peristeri) and Thessaloniki in order to minimize costs. The timetable for submitting applications is June 30th to July 15th for the company’s 656 out of the 900 employees. The plan refers to all employees of OPAP Services having permanent contracts and continuous service over 18 months till 30 June 2014.
The company has not made any announcement however employee representatives confirmed the restructuring plan.
Sources
3 July 2014: Kathimerini
Citation
Eurofound (2014), OPAP Services, Internal restructuring in Greece, factsheet number 77305, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/77305.
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