Truckmaker AB Volvo said on Friday it would put all its 20,000 staff in Sweden on a short-term, temporary lay off-scheme starting next week as it plans to close all production in the country due to the coronavirus outbreak, reports Reuters.
The company earlier this week said production at its large plant in Gothenburg and in Ghent would be halted, and that facilities at subsidiary Renault Trucks in France would temporarily close.
“We have reached a frame agreement with the Swedish unions about short-term, temporary lay offs of all employees in Sweden starting next week,” Volvo spokesman Claes Eliasson said. “The exact details will be decided in local agreements. There will be expections, with key functions and so on.”