Originally posted @ Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 07:30
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STAFF at Toyota's Burnaston car factory have returned to full-time working – but the company has re-emphasised that it will be for only a temporary period.
Since April, the 3,500 workers at the factory had been working a four-and-a-half day week – the equivalent of a 10% pay cut – due to a global drop in demand for new cars.
But in June, the company announced that Burnaston, which makes the Auris and Avensis models, would return to full working hours thanks to a surge in demand created by car scrappage schemes in the UK and mainland Europe.
Yesterday , staff embarked on a six-week period which will see them working a five-day week.
from the Burton Mail -
Car sales booster for Toyota
TOYOTA is to suspend its ‘work share’ arrangements for two months at its Burnaston plant to cater for a temporary sales boost aided by UK and European car scrappage schemes. The car giant introduced a 12-month 10 per cent cut in hours and basic pay on April 1 in a bid to cut labour costs and maximise efforts to save jobs over the long term. However, the firm is to lift the arrangements in August and September to meet a need for increased volumes, especially for the Auris, one of two models manufactured at Burnaston. The sales boost has been brought about partly because of UK and European car scrappage schemes, in which motorists get thousands of pounds off new vehicles in exchange for old models.
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