TeliaSonera to dismiss no more than 330 people

Personnel Director: Number of layoffs may be reduced by a further 100-200

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Telecommunications service provider TeliaSonera is to lay off no more than 330 people this year. Recent negotiations between the management and employees have lead to a significantly less dramatic figure than the 650 redundancies originally announced for 2005.
      Even the latest figure might still fall considerably once those about to lose their jobs start seeking transfers into other tasks within the group.
      There are currently 207 jobs available through the company's internal job application process, and later in the year another 250 vacancies may well become available.
      "In principle, those at risk of losing their jobs will have first option to the new openings", says Personnel Director Juha Pentti of TeliaSonera Finland. "In the course of the spring, the number of actual layoffs will almost certainly be reduced by another 100 to 200 people."
     
Of the announced redundancies, 200 will take place in the Helsinki area. In Turku, 50 employees are about to lose their jobs. The corresponding figures for Jyväskylä, Kuopio, Tampere, and Oulu, are 15, 15, 15, and 10 respectively.
      The job cuts will fall somewhat evenly throughout all levels of the different sectors within the group. However, there will be no cutbacks to the telephone services provided for businesses and private clients.
      TeliaSonera Finland's employer/employee negotiations commenced in the middle of February and ended on Monday.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Employees consider taking TeliaSonera to court over job cuts (17.2.2005)

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