address Roca Hygiene and the unions reached an agreement in principle this Friday to close the employment regulation file (ERE) at the Gavá-Viladecans factories (barcelona). Finally, mass layoffs As a result, 168 workers out of a workforce of 700 will leave the company.. The preliminary agreement provides for: 168 exits These are voluntary, as confirmed by both the company and the unions. And its content will be voted on by the board between Monday and Tuesday next week.
“The facility will continue its industrial activities and plans will be implemented to consolidate it as a global reference center at the forefront of technological innovation and sustainability in bathroom products,” sources consulted by the company said.
Roca Sanitarios announced its intention to lay off some of its staff at the beginning of September. Alleged reasons include a decrease in orders and a decrease in profits in 2022. And after a month of negotiations, management finally reached an agreement with the unions. Last June, they presented the group’s financial report, showing that profits in 2022 were down by 76%. 42 million euros.
Primarily affected workers will be those over the age of 15. 53 yearsPersons for whom dismissal due to accumulated contributions can be combined with an early retirement plan. Roca guarantees an equivalent payment 90% of salary According to CCOO sources, those affected so far have received the said amount with a revaluation of 1.5% every year until the actual withdrawal.
If the company cannot create a list of 168 volunteers at the Gavá center with these conditions, it offers trips to those under 53 in exchange for compensation. Worked 42 days a yearWith a 32-month payment limit. Some amounts are above the legal minimum. And these amounts are close to those in the previous labor reform, which called for 45 days of work per year. This period is now 33 days in case of unfair dismissal and 20 days in case of objective dismissal.
According to CCOO sources, the company thus obtains a commitment not to hire new businesses in the future. However, if layoffs are made again in the medium term, the current preliminary agreement stipulates that the same conditions will be met until 2027 (inclusive).
In total 3,399 workers They were dismissed through the employment regulation file (ERE) in Catalonia in the first six months of the year. This represents a 59% increase compared to the number of victims recorded in the same period the previous year, according to the latest data compiled by the Ministry of Labor.
Source: Informacion
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