FIAT Chrysler Automobiles Serbia sends production staff on leave again

NEWS 09.10.202013:36
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The FIAT Chrysler plant in Kragujevac shut down its production line and sent employees on paid leave after working for just three days, the Beta news agency reported quoting the head of the plant union.

Plant employees will remain on leave up to October 20 when produciton of the FIAT 500 L is set to resume. Nezavisnost Union leader Zoran Stanic said that the paid leave was announced on Thursday with no explanation given. He said that administrative staff will continue working as normal and added that they are getting their full salary while the staff on leave get 65 percent.  

The FIAT Chrysler Automobiles plant resumed production on October 6 to 8 after bringing production line staff back from leave which began on September 18. The plant has closed down and resumed production several times since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.