Khaberni - This year, the German Volkswagen car group laid off more than 500 employees due to misconduct.
A spokesperson for the largest car manufacturing company in Europe, in response to an inquiry, said that the mentioned layoffs were due to reasons including unexcused absences.
The statements by the Volkswagen spokesperson confirmed the validity of a report published by the German newspaper Bild on this matter.
Based on an internal post, the newspaper reported that 548 employees at the Volkswagen Group worldwide had their services terminated in the first half of 2025 due to violations of regulations. According to the report, it is believed that more than 300 workers at the main brand Volkswagen were dismissed this year at the company's six plants in Germany.
The internal statistical information related to warnings and dismissals are measures that Volkswagen has started to implement as a lesson learned from the diesel scandal.
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