Car giant Jaguar Land Rover has told employees at its Merseyside plant that it's considering "operational efficiencies" - sparking workers to fear for their jobs.
A meeting was called this week between employees at the Halewood plant and a top JLR official in which, it's reported, they were told about a change in shift patterns, which has led to fears over potential redundancies.
No announcement has been made over any potential job losses, but the anonymous JLR employee told BusinessLive there was "worry and concern" among staff.
A JLR spokeswoman said the car giant was "continuing to invest heavily" in its 海角视频 projects, and that as part of an "ongoing transformation", it was considering how its plants operate.
She added JLR is being "open" with the workforce, and "answering questions directly".
The anonymous Halewood worker said a "select number of employees" were called to a Q&A meeting this week.
At the meeting, they were reportedly told by executive director Grant McPherson that shift patterns were changing, and they now have fears that it could lead to redundancies.
The member of staff said: "[Mr McPherson] visited the Halewood site [on Wednesday] and when asked the question in a meeting whether we are going from a three-shift pattern to two shifts he replied it will be 'sooner rather than later'.
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"It means the loss of a shift.
"The general feeling from the employees is worry and concern and people have financial commitments.
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"I feel this way too with a family and financial commitments, such as a mortgage."
The employee also claimed he was told the move would mean redundancies at the plant, although no decisions have yet been made.
JLR employs some 4,000 people directly at Halewood and 2,000 staff also work there.
The JLR spokeswoman said: “JLR is continuing to invest heavily in its 海角视频 manufacturing operations for the production of future electric and next generation vehicles, including at Halewood with the new Range Rover Evoque.
"As part of this ongoing transformation we continue to look at operational efficiencies across all our sites to make sure our production schedules are appropriate for our car volumes.
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"We are committed to being open with our workforce and answering questions directly.”
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The news comes after JLR announced in January as part of a bid to save £2.5bn to secure its future.
At the time, JLR's chief executive told the Liverpool Echo .
Then, earlier this month, it was revealed JLR would be building its electric cars in the 海角视频, at its West Midlands plants, safeguarding thousands of jobs.
And this week, the Government gave JLR a £500m loan guarantee to make the next generation of electric cars.