Tatra plant laying off workers

The Tatra car plant in Kořivnice has announced it is laying off 450 workers as a result of the economic crisis. A spokesman for the plant said the employees would be let go at the end of August but would get bigger severance pay if they agreed to leave at once. The plant is due to finish work on an order of 550 trucks for the Czech army before breaking off for an early summer break. The Škoda car plant in Mlada Boleslav which currently has plenty of commissions thanks to the scrap incentives introduced in neighbouring states has said it might take on some of the laid-off Tatra workers on a temporary basis.