GSK to cut up to 1,217 jobs in Belgium

By Reuters News

BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - GSK GSK.L is planning to cut up to 1,217 jobs from its sites in Belgium, the British biopharmaceutical company said on Wednesday.

  • The company announced the plan to unions earlier on Wednesday, Belgian newspaper L'Echo reported

  • Unions did not immediately respond to requests for comment

  • GSK remains the largest employer in the biopharmaceutical sector in Belgium, the company said

  • "GSK Belgium informed its extraordinary works council today that it intends to reorganise certain operations. This plan could affect up to 1,217 employees across its various Belgian sites," the company said in a statement, adding that factory workers would not be affected

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