Toyota supplier Toyoda Gosei asks employees to take leave as lockdown bites
08/06/2022 12:38
TOKYO, June 8 (Reuters) - A major Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T
supplier has asked employees to take a day off with reduced pay
this month, a spokesperson for the supplier, Toyoda Gosei Co
7282.T , said on Wednesday, reflecting the hit from the chip
shortage and China lockdowns.
Toyoda Gosei, which makes air bags, brake hoses and radiator
grilles, has asked domestic employees to take a day of leave in
June following production suspensions by Toyota and other
automakers, the spokesperson confirmed to Reuters, declining to
name the automakers.
Toyoda Gosei and its union are together considering whether
similar measures will be needed in July or beyond, according to
a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified
because the information hasn't been made public.
Toyoda Gosei is a major supplier to top shareholder Toyota
and also supplies other automakers. It employs some 6,500 people
in Japan, not including contract and dispatch workers, according
to the spokesperson.
A Toyota spokesperson declined to comment.
Toyoda Gosei's request applies to all of its entire domestic
workforce, including temporary and dispatch workers, according
to the person and two others. It made a similar request last
month, but that was limited to workers on its factory lines, two
of those people said.
(Reporting by Maki Shiraki; Editing by David Dolan)
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