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Bob
27th July 2006, 00:28
Ducati has initiated trade union discussions to implement a 'Temporary Workforce Reduction' for 17 weeks from the end of August. 100 employees will be affected by the move, required by the need to reduce production.

Italian companies use this tactic to save on wages for a period, but retaining the option to re-hire the staff assuming things pick up after the major bike shows. It also gets round the need for large redundancy payments that would apply to permanent lay-offs of workers.