Business Studies · May / June 2016 · Paper 12 · Question 1

Saltan makes a range of cars. The level of inventory is too high so it plans to decrease production at its factory. Employees were told the business needs to reduce the size of its workforce as competition is increasing. The trade union is not happy that 360 of the 1200 skilled full time employees at Saltan will be made redundant. A trade union spokeswoman said: ‘Saltan should reduce the number of hours of every employee rather than reduce the number of jobs.’ Saltan’s Operations Director is considering ways to increase efficiency in the factory.

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