Toyota will dismiss all employees of the Russian plant before the end of the year

All employees of the Toyota plant in St. Petersburg, whose closure became known in mid-September, will be laid off before the end of 2022. Their number, according to the company, in September was 2.35 thousand people.

“The process of laying off employees by agreement of the parties at the Toyota Motor plant in St. Petersburg began on November 14. Organizational and staffing activities will last until the end of 2022. During the period from November 14 to December 2, most of the plant’s employees were dismissed by agreement of the parties. At the moment, the staff of the branch is 137 employees,” said “Interfax” at the Toyota press office.

December 1 Ministry of Industry and Trade informedthat the production site of Toyota Motor LLC is in the stage of conservation. Formerly the St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office initiated an unscheduled audit of Toyota’s compliance with tax and labor laws when curtailing production in Russia. How informed “Kommersant”, the reason for the closure of the Toyota plant in Shushary was problems with the supply of components to Russia against the backdrop of sanctions. The company has been operating in Russia since 2007.

On the closure of Toyota production – in the material “Kommersant” “Prosecutors came for Toyota”.

Andrey Sapozhnikov