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Hamburg (dpa) - SPD parliamentary group Vice Katja Mast has sharply criticized the Swedish fashion retailer H&M for its volunteer program for the planned job cuts in Germany.
H&M has been criticized for advising young parents in particular to leave the company.
The company rejects the allegations.
"Only to be family-friendly to the outside world, but to push mothers and parents with children out of the company internally does not fit together," said Mast on Saturday.
«I have had talks in the last few days - my termination plans have been confirmed to me from various sources.
The criteria chosen for the so-called "volunteer program" are clear », criticized Mast.
The «Spiegel» had previously reported on it.
H&M announced on Tuesday that it would cut around 800 jobs in Germany, around five percent of all the company's employees in Germany.
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H&M also denied the allegations of having young parents in view on Tuesday: "The volunteer program at H&M Germany is not primarily aimed at mothers and fathers," it said in a statement.
"It is aimed at all colleagues from different employment relationships who can specifically opt for this program."
One goes “very clearly according to the applicable legal provisions”.
In a company agreement of the company on downsizing, which is available to the dpa, the preamble says: “In particular, those employees who can only or predominantly be deployed at times when there is a specific surplus of workforce should be given the opportunity to volunteer Payment of a severance payment from the employer's services. "
“Business Insider” and “Spiegel” had previously reported on this.
Mast said he had made the company management an offer to talk to.
“What there was was a slight feel.
And on Friday a standard response via Twitter, ”said Mast.
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