The multinational Roca Sanitario will cut one in four jobs in its historic factory located between Viladecans and Gavà, as reported by the company today. The adjustment will affect 168 of a workforce of 700 employees.
The plant is mainly dedicated to the manufacture of porcelain and taps, along with some minor sections of composite products and assembly of bathroom furniture and screens. The impact will focus precisely on those sections of screens, furniture and composite products.
In a statement, the company has assured that "it is confident of being able to maintain a constructive dialogue and reach favorable agreements for all those affected, given its willingness to negotiate early retirement plans that allow non-traumatic exits for the affected units."
Roca Sanitario justifies the measure in "the gradual decline in sales in recent years, as well as the negative forecast of the market in the Eurozone as a whole."
The company wanted to highlight that the factory "will continue to operate regularly at an industrial level and will continue to be a global reference center, at the forefront of technological innovation and sustainability in bathroom products."
Despite the good evolution of the labor market in Catalonia, the ERE (Employment Regulation File) were skyrocketing in the first semester with a growth of 59% in the first six months of the year. Data for the January-June period show that a total of 3,399 people lost their jobs in a collective dismissal process compared to 2,140 in the same period in 2022.
The figure for the first six months of 2023 is higher than that recorded in the whole of 2017 or 2018. And it is on track to exceed those of last year, when it was 5,205 employees.
In the first part of the year, the collective employment adjustments of technology companies such as Glovo, Wallbox, GI Group 2016 or the Facebook subcontractor in Barcelona have stood out.
