Post by account_disabled on Jan 16, 2024 21:37:03 GMT -6
The merger of CaixaBank and Bankia, which will create the largest bank in Spain, will have an impact on employment that has not yet materialized, although it is expected that there will be the largest personnel adjustment ever made in the Spanish banking sector, with a The number of people affected could be around 8,000. After the boards of directors of the two entities gave the green light last Thursday to the creation of the new bank, one of the main unknowns that remains to be resolved is the size of the staff reduction that the merger will entail. Although the CEO of CaixaBank and strong man of the new bank, Gonzalo Gortázar , considered yesterday that it is premature to address this issue since it will still take six months to define the possible duplications between the networks, the unions have already claimed that the are voluntary and have predicted tough and complicated negotiations.
The truth is that the reduction of staff is a basic pillar of the synergy plan and cost cutting in the new CaixaBank, which estimates expenses for the general restructuring of 2,200 million euros, of which a part will go to pay the file of employment regulation (ERE). According to sources in the sector, the number of workers affected by the ERE could be around 8,000 or 7,500, considering that this is the approximate number of employees Whatsapp Number List of the two merged banks who are 52 years old or older this year. The two banking entities together have about 51,300 employees - 35,500 from CaixaBank and 15,800 from Bankia -, although the workforce on which the ERE would be carried out would be reduced to around 44,000, once the workers of the subsidiaries of the Catalan bank have been discounted.
The use of early retirement, in addition to incentivized sick leave, is the one preferred by the unions and the one that has been preferably used by the banking sector in other similar processes since it is the one that creates the least labor conflict. However, Gortázar and the president of Bankia and the new CaixaBank, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, have advocated also seeking other more "creative" and innovative formulas.Bankia union sources admit that there may be reluctance to resort to past practices, such as the generalization of early retirement, since it clashes with current political slogans in Spain, which is why they suggest that other measures could be applied such as the outsourcing of services. . The two banking entities together have about 51,300 employees - 35,500 from CaixaBank and 15,800 from Bankia -, although the workforce on which the ERE would be carried out would be reduced to around 44,000, once the workers of the subsidiaries of the Catalan bank have been discounted.
The truth is that the reduction of staff is a basic pillar of the synergy plan and cost cutting in the new CaixaBank, which estimates expenses for the general restructuring of 2,200 million euros, of which a part will go to pay the file of employment regulation (ERE). According to sources in the sector, the number of workers affected by the ERE could be around 8,000 or 7,500, considering that this is the approximate number of employees Whatsapp Number List of the two merged banks who are 52 years old or older this year. The two banking entities together have about 51,300 employees - 35,500 from CaixaBank and 15,800 from Bankia -, although the workforce on which the ERE would be carried out would be reduced to around 44,000, once the workers of the subsidiaries of the Catalan bank have been discounted.
The use of early retirement, in addition to incentivized sick leave, is the one preferred by the unions and the one that has been preferably used by the banking sector in other similar processes since it is the one that creates the least labor conflict. However, Gortázar and the president of Bankia and the new CaixaBank, José Ignacio Goirigolzarri, have advocated also seeking other more "creative" and innovative formulas.Bankia union sources admit that there may be reluctance to resort to past practices, such as the generalization of early retirement, since it clashes with current political slogans in Spain, which is why they suggest that other measures could be applied such as the outsourcing of services. . The two banking entities together have about 51,300 employees - 35,500 from CaixaBank and 15,800 from Bankia -, although the workforce on which the ERE would be carried out would be reduced to around 44,000, once the workers of the subsidiaries of the Catalan bank have been discounted.