Production of the Peugeot 308 at the Stellantis (PSA) plant in Sochaux (Doubs) will be halted for the third week in a row from Monday due to the global semiconductor shortage affecting the automotive industry, has t - we learned from management on Friday.
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“
Most
” of the 700 employees concerned will be able to benefit from measures (training, replacement of colleagues, temporary assignment to other sites neighboring the group, etc.) which will guarantee them the maintenance of their remuneration, specified the spokesperson for the Group. site.
Management has decided to cancel all of the working sessions of the dedicated 308 line for the week of April 12-16, as it had done for the previous two weeks from March 29, said the spokesperson.
This model is more particularly affected by the consequences on the automotive industry of the global shortage of semiconductors, because this deprives it of a power supply part of the dashboard that is specific to it.
A production loss of 6,000 “
308
”
vehicles
The three weeks of shutdown represent a loss of production of 6,000 “
308
”
vehicles
, not to mention the disruptions already encountered earlier in the beginning of the year, a union source said.
Due to the accumulation of session cancellations, employees will begin to exceed the hour deficit threshold (84 hours) set by the modulation of working time at PSA, beyond which they switch to partial unemployment and do not are therefore no longer paid at 100%.
Several measures were put in place as of Monday allowing the full maintenance of remuneration, explained the spokesperson: sending "
in advance
" to training that was scheduled in a few months as part of the modernization plan of the factory, replacement of colleagues from the other assembly line who are "
encouraged
" to pay their leave or of colleagues absent due to childcare, loan of staff on a voluntary basis to the Stellantis factories in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) and Vesoul (Haute-Saône).
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The other productions of Sochaux, Peugeot 3008 and 5008 and Opel Grandland X, which the shortage of semiconductors has also disrupted, continues for the moment normally, underlined the management Friday.
The site employs around 7,000 permanent employees.
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