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“During this time, we will be sharing the responsibilities of those personnel until they return to the organization, hopefully soon,” said McGregor’s CEO Jamie McGregor in a post to employees.
Hourly personnel who have also been temporarily laid off are not expected to return to work until at least mid-April.
Those decisions are in part due to several McGregor customers delaying the return of production at their sites. For example, Toyota announced that it would cease production until April 20.
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“Because of this, I am sorry to say that we must extend the lay-off for hourly personnel until at least mid-April, however, your benefits will continue during this time,” McGregor said.
In addition, the company’s remaining salaried employees are participating in the downturn with a 20% reduction in pay that will be in effect until business conditions normalize, McGregor added.