Car-giant Jaguar Land Rover is offering some of its furloughed staff voluntary redundancy as part of a 'very small' and 'targeted' programme to reduce headcount at its manufacturing plants.
The Coventry firm has confirmed that the move comes as the Government's job retention scheme comes to end this month.
The voluntary redundancy programme is aimed at some salaried and management staff who are currently furloughed.
A JLR spokesman told CoventryLive: "As the UK Government's furlough scheme comes to an end, Jaguar Land Rover is implementing a very small targeted voluntary redundancy programme for some management and salaried employees currently on furlough.
"This is a prudent step given the challenges facing the global automotive industry in which we compete, giving these employees the choice to consider new opportunities outside of the company having been out of the business for more than seven months."
Jaguar Land rover furloughed around half of its UK workforce when the country went into lockdown in March and the company's UK operations have still not fully returned to 'pre-lockdown' levels.
The company has not revealed how many employees it is looking to lose.
