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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.1 - Monetary intermediation
50 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
17 March 2015
Employment effect (start)
31 May 2015
Foreseen end date
Description
Finnish cooperative bank Pohjois-Savon Osuuspankki is to dismiss 50 employees. The bank has concluded the statutory negotiations over the internal restructuring and has announced the closure of four bank offices at the end of May. The affected offices are located in Kiuruveden, Lapinlahden, Kuopion and Rautavaaran.
Pohjois-Savon Osuuspankki employs in total 259 people in Finland.
Sources
17 March 2015: Yle Uutiset
6 May 2015: Yle Uutiset
Citation
Eurofound (2015), Pohjois-Savon Osuuspankki , Internal restructuring in Finland, factsheet number 78792, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/78792.
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