Type
Other
Country
Estonia
Region
Eesti; Kirde-Eesti;
Location of affected unit(s)
Kohtla-Järve
Sector
Manufacturing
Manufacture Of Chemicals And Pharamceuticals
Manufacture Of Chemicals And Chemical Products
20.15 - Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
European Globalisation Fund (EGF)
Year: 2016, Case number: 3

426 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
9 July 2015
Employment effect (start)
1 September 2015
Foreseen end date
30 November 2015

Description

AS Nitrofert, a large producer of mineral fertilizers in North-Eastern Estonia, has announced that within a period from September to November 2015 will lay-off all of their employees. The company employs 426 workers and is considered to be one of the main employers in the region. Nitrofert explained that the lay-offs are caused by decreasing prices in the world market. Nitrofert has already been in a difficult position, as it stopped functioning twice in 2001 and in 2009 and has had problems since then. Still, the managers of the company have stated that the company will not be closed down, but the assets will be frozen. On 16 July, Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund (EUIF) and companies representatives met for the first time to discuss further actions to help redundant employees. It was decided that EUIF will organise informative sessions and workshops in August where information about different opportunities EUIF has to offer and also information about available job positions will be shared with employees. In the end of August, EUIF will organise a small work trade fair for which they invite employers who may have available job openings and employees who will be made redundant by Nitrofert. According to EUIF, several interested employers have already contacted them.


Sources

  • 9 July 2015: Delfi Ärileht
  • 9 July 2015: Aripaev
  • 16 July 2015: Töötukassa

Citation

Eurofound (2015), AS Nitrofert, Other in Estonia, factsheet number 84360, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/84360.