The email, from Michael Dersken, the director and lead counsel for litigation for Yazaki North America, notified 723 employees at three Haggerty Road locations that they had been laid off, citing the coronavirus pandemic as the reason for the work interruption.
According to a company statement, 622 employees were laid off at the Yazaki company headquarters on Haggerty Road and another 101 workers at other Canton locations.
“The company is taking this action due to the sudden, unanticipated and unprecedented negative impact on our business arising out of the coronavirus outbreak, and the resulting government restrictions on operation of businesses, including ours and those of our customers,” the email to employees read.
Dersken told employees that the company expects for the layoffs to be temporary, but could last more than six months.
He acknowledged, too, that some terminations might become necessary. That action will be determined by the operational impacts of the pandemic, associated governmental restrictions and consumer demand, he told employees in a prepared statement.
