(Reuters) - Sainsbury's (L:SBRY), Britain's second biggest supermarket group behind Tesco (L:TSCO), is seeking to cut up to 2,000 jobs mainly in its payroll and human resources departments, a company spokesman said on Tuesday.
Sainsbury's is consulting on measures that would lead to a loss of 1,400 jobs by removing all in-store human resource and payroll clerk roles, the spokesman said.
Some 600 further job losses will come from a restructuring to consolidate human resource and other support roles, the statement added.
"Following a comprehensive review, we are proposing some updates to our HR structures and systems, as well as changes to a number of other support roles, subject to consultation," the spokesman said.
Sky News had earlier reported the UK-based supermarket group is cutting 2,000 jobs.