Magyar Telekom reaches agreement with the trade unions
According to the terms of the
agreement, the Company plans to make maximum 1700 employees redundant. 40% is
expected to leave the Company between October 1, 2014 and March 1, 2015 while
the remaining 60% is expected to leave as of January 1, 2016. Total severance
expenses related to the
2-year headcount reduction programme will be approximately HUF 12 billion and
out of that around
HUF 4 billion will be accounted for in September 2014.
Meanwhile, in order to keep
the wages competitive, there will be a 4% wage increase for employees in lower
wage categories as of January 1, 2016 effective retrospectively from July 1,
2015.
The above measures are
expected to result in net HUF 15 billion cost savings in 2 years, i.e. the programme
is expected to have a return period of 9 months.
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