Madrid (EFE) incentivized leave.
This is how the group notified the unions this Friday, to which it has detailed its intention to “reorganize” the staff of its central services to reinforce the stores.
In a statement, the shopping center chain details that the objective of this measure is to “strengthen the stores, attend to the good evolution of sales and improve customer service and attention.”
El Corte Inglés explains that “the modernization of processes and systems” that it has implemented in recent months have promoted an “optimization of management” that allows the staff of its central services to be slimmed down “for the benefit of commercial establishments” .
“The initiative will be agreed upon, coordinated and managed with the representatives of the workers”, has assured El Corte Inglés, which, consulted by EFE, has not provided details of how many of its 79,804 workers are employed in the central services nor the number of those who aspire to mobilize with this measure.
What he did explain is that this initiative is designed under two premises: maintaining employment and offering special treatment for the most veteran employees (over 59 years of age), most of whom have a long relationship with the company.
Some 500 employees of El Corte Inglés are around that age group
Sources close to the company have assured that just over 500 employees of the central services are in that age group and therefore, in principle, they could benefit from incentivized redundancies.
The incentivized withdrawals will be voluntary and those who meet the requirements that the group chaired by Marta Álvarez agrees with the unions may join.
The reorganization plan provides for the transfer to the stores of professionals from the administrative services of the head office in Madrid, of the regional departments and of other sales support units.
