Russia's largest tank manufacturer cuts working hours for part of its staff

Uralvagonzavod (Ural Railroad Car Factory), UVZ, Russia's biggest producer of armoured vehicles and railway wagons, has shortened the working week to four days for some of its employees.

Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet; Russian newspaper Kommersant

Quote: "The change concerns a limited number of specialists working in the civilian segment. It has been prompted by a decline in demand for civilian production."

Details: UVZ explained that wagon production line workers have been offered transfers to military workshops, where production remains in high demand. Retraining programmes have been organised to help them acquire new industrial skills.

Uralvagonzavod is Russia's largest designer and manufacturer of tanks, armoured vehicles and freight wagons. It operates as part of the Rostec state corporation, comprising more than 40 companies, design bureaus and research institutes both in Russia and abroad.

Its main facility is based in the city of Nizhny Tagil of Russia's Sverdlovsk Oblast.

The company develops and produces tanks, railway wagons, armoured vehicles, metal-cutting tools and specialised equipment.

Background: Earlier, several major Russian manufacturers, including Cemros (the country's largest cement producer), GAZ, Kamaz and AvtoVAZ, switched to a four-day working week. Forced staff reductions have been introduced at Alrosa, Russia's leading diamond producer, and at nearly all metallurgical plants.

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