Emeis plans to close 5 establishments and lay off 150 employees in Belgium, AOF learned from a union source. On the occasion of the European Works Council meeting on November 22, management made these announcements to employee representatives and is also considering selling several establishments in the Czech Republic. The Belgian unions and the Fédération Santé, Action Sociale CGT “are outraged” by these announcements, in contrast to those concluded in the agreement of April 3, 2023 with the union organizations across Quiévrain.
According to the Belgian unions, this agreement provided that “all rights and obligations of employees” would be protected for two years, with employees of establishments that closed having the possibility of choosing another place of employment within the group.
“Where are emeis’ commitments today even though the group is posting an 8.3% increase in revenue?” asks the CGT in its press release, denouncing a group which “continues its game of Monopoly with the purchase of the walls of 8 clinics announced last summer for 184 million euros”. The CGT asks the French public authorities to “freeze any new authorization to open places for the lucrative private sector”.
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