Coronavirus: McGregor Metalworking announces temporary layoffs at Springfield plant

McGregor Metalworking Companies has implemented temporary layoffs at its facilities in Springfield.

The company announced on its website that many of its salary staff will be laid off for two weeks, which started on Friday.

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“During this time, we will be sharing the responsibilities of those personnel until they return to the organization, hopefully soon,” said McGregor’s CEO Jamie McGregor in a post to employees.

Hourly personnel who have also been temporarily laid off are not expected to return to work until at least mid-April.

Those decisions are in part due to several McGregor customers delaying the return of production at their sites. For example, Toyota announced that it would cease production until April 20.

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“Because of this, I am sorry to say that we must extend the lay-off for hourly personnel until at least mid-April, however, your benefits will continue during this time,” McGregor said.

In addition, the company’s remaining salaried employees are participating in the downturn with a 20% reduction in pay that will be in effect until business conditions normalize, McGregor added.