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Financial Services Financial And Insurance Activities Financial Service Activities, Except Insurance And Pension Funding 64.19 - Other monetary intermediation
50 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
21 July 2017
Employment effect (start)
21 July 2017
Foreseen end date
21 July 2022
Description
On 21 July 2017, German savings bank Sparkasse Oberland announced it will cut 50 full time positions within the next five years. The job cuts will be implemented in a socially acceptable manner such as natural fluctuation, partial retirement and retirement. The management confirmed it would avoid direct dismissals.
Mainly affected will be the sites in Weilheim, Schongau, Penzberg, Peißenberg and Murnau.
Sparkasse Oberland was created by the merger of Kreissparkasse Schongau and Vereinigten Sparkassen Weilheim in 2016.
As of July 2017, Sparkasse Oberland employs 500 members of staff, of which 385 are in full time positions.
Sources
21 July 2017: Merkur Online
17 October 2015: ovb-online.de
Citation
Eurofound (2017), Sparkasse Oberland, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 91660, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/91660.
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