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Administrative Services Office Administrative, Office Support And Other Business Support Activities Activities Of Call Centres 82.2 - Activities of call centres
264 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 May 2018
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date
Description
Multinational business service provider Comdata announced 264 redundancies due to the closure of two of its Italian branches, respectively in Pozzuoli (near Naples) and Padova.
According to a joint public statement of the three confederal telecommunications trade unions (Slc, Fistel and Uilcom), the redundancies are not due to a loss of orders, but driven by the need to maximise profits. The unions consider the dismissals 'unacceptable' and have called for the mobilisation of workers. A first strike was called for 18 May.
In Italy, Comdata has a total employee base of 12,000 and revenues of €700 million.
Sources
18 May 2018: Rassegna.it
16 May 2018: La Repubblica
17 May 2018: Padovaoggi
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Comdata, Closure in Italy, factsheet number 94013, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/94013.
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