Some banks announced the release – Business portal wnp.pl

Information on planned layoffs at banks appeared in the last few days in the media. In this context were mentioned most active banks in the Polish market.

This prompted eg. Bank Pekao SA to issue a statement that “the possibility of releasing information on the Bank’s employees in 1500, reported by some media is false.” “Bank Pekao currently has no plans to carry out the process redundancies” – said in a statement.

The planned layoffs are now openly admit BGZ and BNP Paribas Bank of Poland. Explain that the reductions are related to the planned consolidation of both banks. As is clear from the statement BGZ, the banks agreed with the trade unions, that after the merger redundancies will include no more than 1.8 thousand. BGZ employees and will be carried out within 24 months after the merger.

The parties also agreed, inter alia, criteria for selecting employees whose contracts will be resolved in the context of collective redundancies, conditions of participation of staff in voluntary redundancy, severance conditions and additional compensation – according to a press release. As a result of the agreement was the end of the labor dispute between the BGZ and trade union organizations operating in the bank.

At the beginning of December 2013, the group BNP Paribas and Rabobank Group have announced the signing of a contract for the acquisition of a 98.5 per cent. BGZ shares for an amount of 4.2 billion zł. February 25, 2015, the shareholders of BNP Paribas Bank Poland adopted a resolution to approve the merger with Bank BGZ. A day later, it agreed to the shareholders of Bank BGZ.

Exemptions PKO BP also announced. P.o Luke Świerżewski spokesman told PAP that the bank sent to the Office of Labor, including information about the possible release of up to 1065 people. “We do not really know what it will be exactly the number, it depends on many factors, m.in of how many people will choose to accept the conditions set by the bank. They shall be subject skirt package” – noted.

The spokesman announced that the release will probably be smaller, otherwise bank recruitment is ongoing, including a year up to 2.5 thousand. people. “Therefore, it is not so that the total employment in the year in PKO BP significantly change,” – he said. He added that the proposed exemptions are mainly planned for 2015. Various organizational changes in the bank. “If the company intends to liquidate write a number of posts, must report it to the Office of Labor, but at the same time can simultaneously create posts,” – he said.