He said all the retainers had full-time employment elsewhere and only nine employees were affected as three staff who left since the review started had not been replaced.
When it announced this month that it will cut 5%, or 900 members, of its staff, it also said it will give affectedemployees two weeks' pay for each year of service and six months of health-care benefits, among other perks.
The German company weathered the last two years fairly well in terms of stock performance, but after the employees suffered layoffs that affected 3, 000 of the staff.