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Manufacturing Manufacturing Of Furniture And Other Manufacturing Other Manufacturing 32.50 - Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
228 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
20 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
31 March 2017
Description
Safilo, the Italian manufacturer of sunglasses, fashion and sports eyewear with headquarters in Padua, has announced the reorganisation of its branch in Ormož (Podravska region). As a consequence, 228 out of 846 workers will be made redundant. In agreement with the trade union and work council, the management has started to establish layoff criteria taking into consideration professional and social aspects. Redundancy plan will be carried out in several phases until March.
Sources
24 January 2017: Delo
23 January 2017: Štajerski tednik
20 January 2017: Prlekija on net
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Safilo, Internal restructuring in Slovenia, factsheet number 89902, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89902.
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