How many redundancies are planned by the Post Office in the IT sector?

At the end of the consultation procedure under the project called Tech Acceleration, it emerged that up to 40 redundancies will be linked to the downsizing of the Post Office's IT sector, a lower number than the approximately 60 redundancies initially announced in June. In addition to these, there are about twenty contractual changes for the personnel concerned.

When will the restructuring measures come into effect?

The measures to restructure and reorganise the Post Office's IT will officially enter into force from 1 January 2027, at the end of the consultation procedure that ended on Tuesday with the official announcement of the Transfair union.

How does the Post Office intend to mitigate the employment impact of the cuts?

To mitigate the employment impact of the restructuring, the postal company intends to leverage the natural fluctuation of personnel, voluntary early retirements and internal transfers to other departments of the group, also offering absolute priority in the allocation of available vacancies.

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Di Redazione Frontaliere Ticino · Published on 19 August 2026

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The Tech Acceleration reorganisation of the Post Office brings up to 40 redundancies and around twenty contract changes as of 1 January 2027.

Context

In a nutshell

Reduction of IT redundancies at the Post Office
Up to 40 seats at risk compared to the initial 60
Measures in force from 1 January 2027
Transfair trade union criticisms of management

Key facts

What: Reorganization of the IT of the Post Office with dismissals and contractual changes
When: Measures in force from 1 January 2027, consultation concluded on Tuesday
Where: IT sector of the Post Office
Who: Transfair Post and Trade Union
Amount: Up to 40 redundancies and about twenty contractual changes

The reorganisation of the Post Office's IT will have a smaller impact than announced in June, when the company had initially planned around 60 redundancies. At the end of the consultation procedure initiated as part of the project called Tech Acceleration, it emerged that there will be up to 40 redundancies related to the downsizing of the IT sector. This was officially announced on Tuesday by the Transfair union, also specifying that about twenty contractual changes are planned for the personnel concerned.

At the beginning of June, the Post Office had announced the abolition of about 60 full-time equivalent posts within the IT unit, stressing however that the final framework would only be defined at the end of the consultation period. These restructuring measures will officially come into force from 1 January 2027. To mitigate

Operational details

Despite the reduction in the overall number of redundancies planned for the IT sector compared to the initial estimates in June, the Transfair union reiterates that the forty redundancies currently planned remain an excessive number. For this reason, the trade union organization strongly asks the Post Office to evaluate a further reduction in redundancies, paying great attention to the protections for workers involved in the company reorganization.

Personnel management and relocations

People who are at risk of losing their jobs should be given absolute priority in the allocation of available vacancies within the entire postal group. A particularly critical point raised by the union concerns the time allowed in certain circumstances for employees to decide whether to accept a new function proposed by the company. In some cases, in fact, terms of less than forty-eight hours have been imposed, a time much shorter than the approximately one week provided for by the social plan established by the union itself.

It is useful to remember that these cuts related to IT do not coincide with those announced at the end of June at Digital Services. At that time, it was another reorganization operation, directly linked to Digital Health and Sanela Health, which had already led to the total elimination of forty-one jobs within

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Key points

Mitigation measures and business procedures

The postal company aims to mitigate the social consequences of restructuring by relying on internal tools such as natural fluctuation, intra-group transfers and voluntary early retirements. Despite the use of these mechanisms to absorb part of the redundancies, concern among workers remains high, especially for those working in sectors subject to continuous structural and digital changes.

For employees facing contractual changes or career transitions within the Ticino and Swiss labour market, it is crucial to closely monitor internal relocation deadlines and offers. It is advisable to check precisely the conditions of the transfers and regularly consult the support tools available for those who are going through a phase of professional mobility or renegotiation of their duties.

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Source: rsi.ch

Frequently Asked Questions

How many redundancies are planned by the Post Office in the IT sector?: At the end of the consultation procedure under the project called Tech Acceleration, it emerged that up to 40 redundancies will be linked to the downsizing of the Post Office's IT sector, a lower number than the approximately 60 redundancies initially announced in June. In addition to these, there are about twenty contractual changes for the personnel concerned.
When will the restructuring measures come into effect?: The measures to restructure and reorganise the Post Office's IT will officially enter into force from 1 January 2027, at the end of the consultation procedure that ended on Tuesday with the official announcement of the Transfair union.
How does the Post Office intend to mitigate the employment impact of the cuts?: To mitigate the employment impact of the restructuring, the postal company intends to leverage the natural fluctuation of personnel, voluntary early retirements and internal transfers to other departments of the group, also offering absolute priority in the allocation of available vacancies.