Company/Organisation:
Škoda Auto
Geographic Location
Country:
Czechia
Region:
Stredocesky; Stredni Cechy
Location of affected unit(s):
Mladá Boleslav
Company
Sector:
Manufacturing
Manufacture of transport equipment
29.1 - Manufacture of motor vehicles
Number Employed:
27600
Employment Effects
Announcement Date:
31-03-2009
Type of Restructuring:
Business expansion
Employment Effect Start:
01-04-2009
Planned Job Creation:
1000
Additional Information
Škoda Auto, a Czech car maker, is planning to hire up 1,000 new temporary workers and to launch working Saturdays. The situation in the Czech car industry has improved after some neighbouring countries (Slovakia, Germany) have introduced a car scrappage incentive scheme. The firm currently employs approximately 27,600 people (600 agency workers included).
Sources:
31-03-2009Hospodárske noviny
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