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Catalonia Approves First ASF-Related ERTE, Affecting 458 Temp Workers at Osona Slaughterhouse Hub

The government deemed force majeure after African swine fever disrupted exports.

Overview

  • The ERTE, filed by temp agency GCT Plus, covers workers assigned to the Santa Eugènia de Berga macromatadero operated by Grupo Jorge.
  • Approval allows eligible employees to access unemployment benefits while production is curtailed.
  • Authorities report 13 infected wild boar near Cerdanyola del Vallès with no farm cases confirmed to date.
  • Containment steps include a 20 km restriction zone, forest access bans across 91 municipalities, and authorization to cull over 30,000 healthy pigs in slaughterhouses for disease control.
  • Export curbs, including China’s province-level regionalization, have shut key non‑EU markets worth about €400 million annually, after which Grupo Jorge earlier suspended around 300 workers.