AvtoVAZ announced days off

Following other car assembly plants, AvtoVAZ announced the upcoming non-working week. According to the press service of the company, for AvtoVAZ employees, the period from March 30th to April 3rd, 2020 will be non-working days. The official release of the enterprise notes that such measures have been taken to implement the decree of the President of Russia, signed in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

New requirements will be implemented in strict accordance with the explanations of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation. So, all AvtoVAZ employees who are not involved in continuous production processes, anti-terrorism protection, industrial and transport security will not work from March 30th to April 3rd. Moreover, their salary during this period will be saved.

In addition, in the coming week, the access of such employees to the enterprise will be prohibited. They were advised to limit the exit to the street and observe the maximum precautions within the framework of the recommendations of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare, regional and federal authorities. According to the analytical agency AUTOSTAT, in 2019, 353.3 thousand cars were produced at the AvtoVAZ Togliatti site, which is lower by 5% than in 2018. Other 128.5 thousand vehicles (-2%) were produced for the whole previous year at the LADA Izhevsk enterprise.