Scania introducing four-day week for 12,000 employees in
Sweden
Scania has agreed with the unions concerned on a
four-day week for all employees in its Swedish operations starting
in June.
“I welcome the decision of our employees to help out the company
in these difficult times. Their willingness to make personal
sacrifices shows great support for the company’s strategy to deal
with the very sharp decline in market demand without further
employee cutbacks. Scania will stand well equipped when the market
rebounds,” says Leif Östling, President and CEO of the
company.
The four-day week will be introduced in June and cover employees
and managers at production, research and development units as well
as administration and corporate staff units at Scania’s operations
in Sweden − some 6,000 white collar employees and 6,000 workshop
employees in all.
The agreement will apply for six months, with a break for holidays.
Scania undertakes not to issue any lay-off notice during the period
of the agreement.
The four-day week is a key element of Scania's strategy to preserve
the collective competency of the company despite a very sharp
decline in market demand.
Scania has already introduced various forms of working hour
reductions for more than 2,000 employees in the Netherlands,
France, Germany and elsewhere.