Overview
- Himolla handed termination notices to 175 employees on 18–19 September while confirming roughly 540 jobs will remain at its Taufkirchen site.
- The works council and management signed an Interessenausgleich that closes Taufkirchen’s end-assembly and relocates that work to Hungary and Slovakia to cut production costs.
- A negotiated severance pool is capped at a maximum factor of 2.5 times one month’s pay for the group, but payouts will vary by seniority and are limited by insolvency rules.
- The works council arranged on-site advice from the Federal Employment Agency and told affected staff to register as job-seekers within three working days, but some employees contest the social-selection process.
- Himolla filed for insolvency at the end of June and has been restructuring under Schutzschirm self-administration since 1 September as it responds to a prolonged slump in furniture demand and rising competition from lower-wage countries.