GM, Ford ask staff to work from home amid coronavirus
Auto giants General Motors (GM) and Ford asked all their employees outside China to work from home starting from Monday if they are able to, the two companies confirmed on Friday.
“In recent days, though, we’ve concluded the coronavirus issue has taken on a different dimension – and we need to be proactive to keep our people safe and help limit the spread of the virus in the communities where we live and work,” Ford CEO Jim Hackett said in a message to the staff. Meanwhile, GM CEO Mary Barra said the company decided to instruct employees to work from home in an effort to “lower the probability of spreading the coronavirus to coworkers, families and communities and to relieve the burden on public resources.”
Both carmakers noted the new guidelines do not apply to factory workers and other staff whose jobs require their physical presence at the companies’ premises.
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