Truckmaker Volvo to put all 20,000 Swedish staff on temporary lay off-scheme
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Truckmaker AB Volvo said on Friday it would put all its 20,000 staff in Sweden on a short-term, temporary lay off-scheme starting next week as it plans to close all production in the country due to the coronavirus outbreak.The company earlier this week said production at its large plant in Gothenburg and in Ghent would be halted, and that facilities at subsidiary Renault Trucks in France would temporarily close."We have reached a frame agreement with the Swedish unions..