ICA Group: Height employer clear effect f stores Q3 – CEO – Dagens Industri

ICA Group: Height employer clear effect f stores Q3 – CEO

                  2015-08-19 09:34
             

 (SIX) On August 1 saw the first raising of the  employer contributions for young people, since Parliament decided to waive the  before the reduction in employer contributions for employees under 26  years. The fee increase will have a clear effect on the ICA stores  already in the third quarter, says ICA Group CEO who is clearly  critical to the change.       "Looking at the ICA centrally, we have some employees under 26,  especially in our warehouse operations, but it has most impact is the  our ICA. In principle, half of the workforce is under 26 years. So where  Of course it will have a very big impact. "       Exactly how this will play out, we will see, but we have a  very big concern and it affects absolutely our cost position. The  will over time affect the number of employees and not least  young people, "says Per Strömberg, noting that the company has been  clear that they are critical to making this change.       "You always have to work  with its cost base to be  competitive. Running the store is a relatively labor-intensive  operations where personnel costs are a large part of the cost picture and  it goes up properly get to look at other ways to streamline  business. One such way is to work with a little fewer people. "       It will be reflected in earnings for the third quarter?       "The impact on ICA Group is smaller, but the stores are clearly  affecting more and which will ensure a clear effect already  in the third quarter. "       ICA Sweden had by mid-2015 8.061 employees.      Anna Sundström  mailto: anna.sundstrom@six-group.se  www.blogg.six.seSIXNews  SIX News