Natuzzi agrees to suspend plans to lay off Italian staff-lawmaker

Natuzzi SpA

05/07/2013 13:40

ROME, July 5 (Reuters) - Furniture group Natuzzi  NTZ.N  has agreed to suspend plans to lay off 1,700 workers in southern Italy pending a further meeting with government officials in 10 days' time, centre-left lawmaker Dario Ginefra said on Friday. Earlier, the government asked Natuzzi to shelve its plans to cut more than a third of its workforce in the southern regions of Puglia and Basilicata, which are already struggling with record unemployment rates. Company executives agreed to suspend the plans following a meeting with Industry Ministry Undersecretary Claudio De Vincenti on Friday. A new meeting with the government is due to be held on July. 15.  (Reporting By Francesca Piscioneri, writing by Catherine Hornby) ((catherine.hornby@thomsonreuters.com)(+ 39 0685 224 394)(Reuters Messaging: catherine.hornby.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: ITALY NATUZZI/