JCB have announced that up to 950 workers are at risk of redundancy at their UK plants after demand for their machines fell by half as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Last month, the company wrote to UK employees to advise that up to 950 salaried staff roles are under threat at its 10 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham, and that a 45-day consultation period would begin on 18 May. Around 500 Guidant agency employees who work at JCB's UK sites are also being released from the business. The job losses have been announced as a result of the severe disruption caused to the company's business by the COVID-19 crisis, which will see annual production halved. JCB said the decision to restructure the business had been extremely tough but that they had no choice but to take difficult decisions to adapt to this new economic reality. Thecompany currently employs around 6,700 people in the UK, including agency employees.
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