Merck cuts 10% of German workforce

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GERMANY German pharmaceutical and chemical maker Merck says it will cut 10% of its workforce in Germany by 2015. The approximately 1,100 positions that are to be eliminated from a workforce of 10,900 in Germany are part of the company's "Fit for 2018" business transformation programme, announced in February, spanning all businesses and regions in order to secure Merck's long-term competitiveness. The reductions, agreed with employee representatives, will be made in a socially acceptable manner, says Merck, mainly through voluntary-resignation and early retirement programmes across all divisions and functions and no forced redundancies will be made until the end of 2017, with the exception of possible site closures and transfers that are still being assessed.