According to a news report, Naza Automotive Manufacturing (NAM) has laid off 300 workers at its assembly plant in Gurun, Kedah. The lay-off at NAM involved 225 staff members as well as 30 from the NAM Committee, with the remainder being administration staff, The Malaysian Insider reports.
The report added that laid-off staff were given a farewell party earlier today at Dewan Seri Zaleha in Gurun, where they received their termination letters. In attendance at the event were NAM chief operations officer Roslan Abd Ghani and a labour department officer, according to the event programme.
The NAM plant, which has been in operation since 2004 and which has a workforce of around 1,000, assembles Peugeot and Kia models for the domestic market.
In a follow-up, the Naza Group issued a short statement on the matter:
“We have undertaken an exercise to rationalise the staff strength at Naza Automotive Manufacturing given the tough economic conditions brought about by the weakening ringgit and domestic and export demand.
However, at this time, our priority and focus is to assist and support where we can, those affected, to ensure that their welfare is well managed and taken care of. We have provided a separation package to enable them to plan their future endeavours.
Meanwhile, we shall continuously address measures of cost efficiency without compromising our quality of service to our customers.
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