Just Eat Switzerland cuts 373 courier jobs in Switzerland

ZURICH, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Just Eat Takeaway's Swiss unit is cutting 373 delivery jobs in Switzerland as the food delivery service moves away from scheduled shifts, the company said on Monday.

• That represents more than half the company's couriers in Switzerland, according to numbers reported by Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger, which puts that total at around 700. Just Eat has not confirmed that number

• Of those affected, 193 are couriers employed directly by Just Eat and 180 are those employed through external staffing agencies, Just Eat Switzerland said in a statement

• The company said it wants to phase out its current shift model and switch to a hybrid logistics model to secure long-term competitiveness and be adaptable to demand

• Swiss union Unia said in a statement it believed Just Eat would continue relying on the delivery drivers but on a self-employed basis. The company declined to comment

(Reporting by Marleen Kaesebier in Zurich, Editing by Friederike Heine, Linda Pasquini and Jan Harvey)