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Retail Retail Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Retail Sale Of Other Household Equipment In Specialised Stores 47.5 - Retail sale of other household equipment in specialised stores
100 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
10 January 2017
Employment effect (start)
1 February 2017
Foreseen end date
Description
Brico, a Belgian chain of DIY supplies has announced the dismissal of 100 of its employees. The costs saved by this measure will be used to invest in the company and increase its e-commerce services. The management states that there will be no direct dismissals. Job losses will be effected through voluntary dismissals and the non-replacement of retiring employees. In one store in Mons the staff briefly went on strike but resumed their activities shortly afterwards.
Sources
11 January 2017: RetailDetail
10 January 2017: De Tijd
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Brico, Internal restructuring in Belgium, factsheet number 90314, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/90314.
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