JSC Ukrzaliznytsia assessed the management personnel and decided to reduce the staff of the company’s management staff by 30%, the press service of Ukrzaliznytsia reported with reference to acting head of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia Ivan Yuryk on Monday.
According to him, by now the supervisory board of the company has already agreed on a new structure of the company’s central office, the reduction of one third of employees will take place within the framework of its reform: it should correspond to the strategy, tasks and scope of work.
“There was a lot of talk about optimization of the Ukrzaliznytsia staff, it’s time to move on to action. We should put things in order as soon as possible in the structure of the company’s management apparatus, eliminate duplication of positions and clearly distribute the functionality between departments. This will allow us to make and implement management decisions much faster, efficiently and effectively. Now it is necessary to reduce 30% of the staff positions of the management apparatus of the company, which employs more than 2,400 people,” the press service quotes Yuryk.
At the same time, Ukrzaliznytsia says that the reduction will not apply to employees of regional branches of the company and employees of labor occupations.
According to Yuryk, the dismissal of workers will take place in compliance with the labor legislation and in agreement with the trade union, for this the company has developed a certain algorithm of actions.
“Employees whose positions are subject to reduction will be promptly warned about this, with an offer of another job. Upon dismissal, they will receive all proper payments and severance pay in the amount of not less than the average monthly salary,” the head of the company said.
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, STATE-RUN, UKRZALIZNYTSIA
