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The Romanian producer and processor of meat Agro-Invest, has announced the collective dismissal of 124 people at its plant in Bistita-Nasaud. The redundancies will be implemented by 15 March 2018. While production will be discontinued, the company intends to retain 97 employees of a total workforce of 221.
The company did not issue any public announcement regarding the cause of the collective dismissal. Â
The unions did not react to the announcement as the company has no collective agreement in force.
Eurofound (2018), Agro-Invest, Internal restructuring in Romania, factsheet number 93217, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/93217.