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Transportation / Storage 51 - Air transport 51.1 - Passenger air transport 51.10 - Passenger air transport
400 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
28 June 2016
Employment effect (start)
30 June 2016
Foreseen end date
31 July 2016
Description
The low-cost Spanish airline Vueling will be in Porto to recruit 400 persons to operate from its base in Porto. Trade unions highlights that working conditions are not comparable between different companies and there are cases where the applicant has to pay for the whole process (fee for interview, food and accommodation and training) , which can mean an expense of several thousand Euro with no guarantee of being hired.
Sources
28 June 2016: Diário de Notícias
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Vueling, Business expansion in Portugal, factsheet number 88039, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/88039.