FNV: “Deleted 440 jobs Blokker incredibly painful” – Parool.nl

FNV: "Deleted 440 jobs Blokker incredibly painful" – Parool.nl

09-02-15 18:40 pm – Source: Reuters

With 250 stores will dismiss management employees. © Reuters

Due to the declining sales in stores Blokker grabs the household chain. The group said Monday having to take forced leave of 440 employees, 6 percent of the total workforce

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One of the new branches of Blokker, in Amsterdam.De management wants to invest more in the new formula. © Reuters

The redundancies at about 250 of its 500 Blokker stores. Also wants to enter the domestic supply chain more flexible working hours. “The salary costs should be brought more in line with the declining sales in the stores’, stands in a statement.

Blokker, that fierce competition from budget chain Action, goes stronger bets on online activities and begins after summer with the gradual renewal of shops. These investments for 2015 represents an amount of approximately EUR 25 million

. Quiet reorganization

That there was something to happen at Blokker hung all day in the air. Regional Managers of Blokker were told Monday as the first, the workers Monday night after closing time.

Trade union FNV had on Friday reported time that Blokker a ‘silent restructuring’ was the passage in which employees at a improperly “would be fired. Also permanent employees would be replaced by temporary staff.

The unions Tuesday morning an initial consultation with the management. They put at least in a good social plan. According to FNV driver Twan van Lieshout with a decent redundancy and proper guidance from work to work

. Healthy balance

According CNV director Agostino di Geki is room for it. “Financially Blokker fortunately a very different story than V & D. The balance sheet is healthy, “he remarked in this connection.

Van Lieshout said also worry about the staff can stay. ‘Blokker also says to seek flexible working hours, but remains vague about what that means. If it means that people have to work on smaller contracts where they can barely get around, we lie down before, “the FNV’er this.

Blokker in the Netherlands has 500 own stores and 100 franchise stores . At the household chain employs approximately 7,200 employees. The retail business is part of Blokker Holding, which includes chains like Blokker, Leen Bakker Bart Smit.

Blokker Holding recorded in 2013 a net profit of 61 million euros, 5 percent less compared to the previous year. Revenue declined 4 percent to 2.5 billion. Over 2014 figures are not yet known

(Edited by: Editorial).