Nissan to Promote Japan-Based Contract Workers to Full-Time
- About 800 staff to become full-time employees from April
- A sign Nissan’s cost-cutting push is freeing up some finances
Nissan Motor Co. employees in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
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Nissan Motor Co. is moving to promote all contract workers in Japan to full-time positions as the automaker’s push to cut fixed costs gives it more room to invest in its talent pool.
About 800 contract employees will become full-time employees from April, Azusa Momose, a spokeswoman for the company said, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report that said it would impact people at Nissan’s plants, research and development centers and head office in Yokohama. Nissan will also abolish its system of hiring contract workers.