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No pay cut, but 400 jobs lost at Debenhams
03-07-2015 17:26
It was agreed that the earlier the department store group announced unilateral wage reduction is canceled. However, there is a reorganization that costs four hundred jobs.
V & D department store and the unions have reached an agreement on salary reduction in the staff of the ailing company.
It was agreed that the earlier the department store group announced unilateral wage reduction is canceled. However, there is a reorganization that costs four hundred jobs.
This is the result of consultation between the department store with the unions, the parties left Friday knowing. A reorganization is necessary according to V & D to achieve a structural reduction in labor costs.
The parties have agreed on a social plan to cushion the effects of the reorganization. Also agreed on the establishment of the conditions of employment of all employees of V & D in a collective agreement.
It was agreed that staff as a contribution to the restoration of V & D, handing one single holiday. Furthermore, the seniors scheme will be retrenched, with existing seniors hours are respected. The unions will now reached agreement for approval at their meeting on 8 July leden.De of the court in the current appeal is canceled and the proceedings will be terminated as soon as the agreement is final.
Recovery
Parties to the agreements made ,, to make a significant contribution to the recovery of V & D, '' the statement said. The conflict over wages down led to going to court. In February, the judge forbade V & D in a lawsuit to just cut in the salaries of its staff. But the stores appealed.
Only at the insistence of the Amsterdam Court, the parties agreed in late May weather with each other to engage in conversation. That happened under the leadership of Peter Ingelse mediator, former president of the Enterprise Chamber.
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