First Solar laying off 550 workers through VSS

GEORGE TOWN: First Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd, which is operating at the Kulim Hi-Tech Park (KHTP), is laying off some 550 workers supporting its four production lines that will be indefinitely left idle starting May 1.

Managing director P'ng Soo Hong told StarBizWeek that the workers, comprising technicians, operators and engineers, would be offered a voluntary separation scheme (VSS).