Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Poczta Polska, the Polish national postal operator, has announced that it plans to create 160 new jobs at its sorting office in Lublin in 2021. Until the end of April 2021, candidates can apply for positions related to customs agency. The business expansion is related to the EU’s customs and tax regulations for goods sent from outside the EU which will come into force on 1 July 2021, and Poczta Polska will take over the process of filing electronic customs import declarations. The company will provide special training for new employees.
Currently, Poczta Polska employs about 80,000 people across the country. Previous restructuring programmes announced in recent years: February 2019 (120 jobs created), June 2019 (190 jobs created), August 2019 (360 jobs created), January 2020 (700 jobs cut), October 2020 (3,500 jobs cut) and January 2021 (2,000 jobs cut).
Eurofound (2021), Poczta Polska, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 104753, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/104753.
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