Breaking News: Jag Land Rover Loses 200 Jobs

Jaguar: Job cuts across the board are part of 'redundancy scheme'

By Oli S / Thursday, 16 October 2008 / Loading comments

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Jaguar Land Rover is to lay off 200 workers across its UK operations, it has been revealed. The company announced the decision yesterday and reportedly said it had nothing to do with the current economic downturn. The company was recently bought by Indian company Tata Motors, and said the layoffs are part of a voluntary redundancy scheme that always comes around at this time of year.

Spokesman Don Hume said: 'It is a small redundancy programme and it affects 198 staff across all our manufacturing sites, including Halewood. It affects hourly paid employees and is part of the company’s on going drive to improve efficiency.’

According to the Birmingham Post, the workers will each receive a nine-month lump sum based on current salary and any over 60 will be entitled to their full pension allowance. The redundancies are due to take effect by the end of next month and the carmaker said it was looking to avoid compulsory cuts.