Tui admits future layoffs

The German newspaper Bild noted this weekend that the German tour operator Tui would lay off about 400 workers from the 1,650 it has in the Germanic country in a plan designed to save costs due to declining business for the crisis. From the German tour group did not want to give specificnumbers but so have recognized that the number of employees will be reduced "inevitably" because of the restructuring to be carried out in order tosave costs to remain competitive. According to other German media, layoffs can amount to 200.
 

The GET 2015 restructuring program, which launched last fall Tui aims to "defend and extend the leadership" in the German market, more innovativeproducts with new models of management, and streamlined productionthrough greater automation.
 

"The GET is our response to the dramatic changes taking place in the market," said the general director Volker Böttcher. At the same time, states that "Tui aims to improve profitability by reducing production costs," includingan "inevitable" reduction of jobs. "Talks with the works council will begin this week and the results thereof are expected in late September.
 

The works council has issued a statement saying it "accepted" the need forrestructuring and understand their "relative" impact on employment, but stressed he wanted to use every means to avoid compulsory redundanciesand said it was looking for "solutions socially acceptable. "