The automotive supplier ZKW will downsize its plant in Wieselburg in the Scheibbs district and lay off 600 of the current 2,600 employees. The step is planned according to information from Thursday to the end of 2024. The majority of those affected are temporary workers whose contracts will not be extended.
In the permanent workforce, the job cuts should “not only take place in the course of employer resignations, but also through natural departures (such as retirement), employee resignations without filling the affected positions and alternative working time models such as partial retirement,” was emphasized in a press release. A voluntary social plan is offered to the permanent employees affected. The works council had already been informed by the management, the social plan negotiations would be started immediately.
As the largest employer in the region, ZKW has analyzed the situation in detail over the past few months and “came to the conclusion that these job cuts are absolutely necessary in order to restore the competitiveness of the production site in Wieselburg and to ensure the continuation of production,” emphasized Andreas Nix, Site Manager of ZKW Lichtsysteme GmbH.
