Employees take day of action against Unilever

Unilever is facing a ‘day of action’ today by employees across Europe who are opposed to the consumer products giant’s outsourcing proposals.

Unions claim that the Anglo-Dutch company is planning to cut 2,500 jobs, mainly in its HR, IT, finance and accounting departments, by outsourcing the work to central Europe and Asia.

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Unilever said the estimates are inaccurate because it is still in the review stage, and might still choose to keep the work in-house.

But Computer Business Review magazine reports that the company is in contract negotiations with Accenture over an HR outsourcing deal worth more than $1bn (£580m).