According to recent reports in a UK
newspaper,
Jaguar and
Land Rover have made it clear to 850
agency employees that they will be made redundant. The group,
primarily from the IT and
engineering staff , will be out of work by the end of this
year.
Jaguar and Land Rover, owned by
Tata
Motors, currently employs some 15,000 people and has already
cut to a four-day working week. A spokesman for the
company reportedly commented: Global
car market conditions remain severe. We have to take
responsible and rapid action to ensure our
business is aligned and right-sized for the challenging
environment we face. Already we have taken a series of actions for
this purpose, which have impacted on our full-time and temporary
employees in our manufacturing plants and, while these are
difficult decisions, we must turn our attention to
agency employees in our staff areas as well. It is essential we
protect the position of our own full-time employees as far as
possible and ensure the future strength of our
business.
Tata, the owners of the company, have reportedly asked the
government for a
loan of £1 billion. Many further employees will have to take an
extended
Christmas break. Whether the
car finance departments of the
companies are badly affected remains to be seen.
