PLN 170,000 net for miners. PGG will start with severance pay

Polska Grupa Górnicza signed an agreement with the Ministry of Energy regarding subsidies to finance one-off severance pay. The company announces the launch of one-off severance pay in April.

According to information from PGG, the agreement with the Ministry of Energy regarding a budget subsidy to finance the so-called The parties concluded the JOP on Thursday. “Thanks to the signed agreement, the company is currently finalizing formalities enabling employees to take advantage of social benefits,” the mining company said.

As she noted, nearly 600 people expressed their willingness to take advantage of one-off severance pay at PGG. Payment of benefits will start in April this year. – declared the company.

At the beginning of February, the president of PGG, Łukasz Deja, signaled that the company, which currently employs approx. people, would like to reduce employment by approx. 5 thousand. people.

Of this number, approximately 3.6 thousand people could benefit from the protections financed by the state budget introduced by the amendment to the Mining Act. These include paid mining and processing leaves and one-off severance pay.

On April 1, PGG will begin the four-year process of liquidation of the Wujek operation of the Wujek-Staszic mine (mining in Wujek ended in 2021).and mining in the Bielszowice Ruda mine is scheduled to end on June 30.

There were workers working in the Bielszowice mine at the beginning of February this year. approx. 2.2 people, and in the Wujek mine almost 800 people, due to the earlier relocation of a large part of the crew to the Staszic mine.

With the launch of the shields, Bielszowice's employees are to join the Halemba movement, and approximately 400 people must remain there until the mining plant is closed down. The rest have a guaranteed job in other PGG branches: they will replace those who will leave there for cover.

Approximately 320 people will remain in Wujek until the plant is closed down, of which approximately 100 will benefit from the voluntary departure program. The rest will move to Staszic, replacing employees there who want to use the shields.

According to information from the PGG management board In the December survey, 1.2 thousand people declared interest in one-off severance pay (PLN 170,000 net) across the company. employees, and this year, when declarations were collected, it was half of this number.

In the opinion of the PGG management board, this may be due to the initial phase of the mechanism: perhaps some employees want to observe how it works and possibly use it in later stages.

The amended Mining Act entered into force on January 1 this year, followed by a regulation, and PGG received guidelines for protection around January 23.

According to data from the Ministry of Energy, this year's plan at PGG assumes that 738 people will leave PGG in 2026 with one-off severance pay. According to plans, 2,324 people at PGG are scheduled to take advantage of mining and processing holidays this year.

According to the management's estimates, this year's production at PGG, due to the reduction in employment and the number of plants, depending on demand, should reach 15-15.5 million tons, compared to 16.1 million tons in 2025. (PAP)

mtb/mmu/