Georgia Solar Plant Cuts Pay and Hours for 1,000 Workers as Customs Officials Seize Components

Georgia solar plant cuts pay and hours for 1,000 workers as customs officials seize components

A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia.

South Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as U.S. officials detain imports

A South Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels.

Qcells furloughs 1,000 Georgia staff amid US Customs holdup

Qcells says component shipments delayed under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) have forced temporary production cuts at its Georgia solar manufacturing plant.From pv magazine USA Qcells, the US solar manufacturing arm of South Korea’s Hanwha Solutions, said it is furloughing approximately 1,000 factory employees and reducing work hours at its facilities in Dalton and Cartersville, Georgia. The company is also cutting about 300 work…

Qcells furloughs 1,000 Georgia workers due to U.S. Customs delays

The largest U.S. solar manufacturer is temporarily scaling back production and its workforce after shipments of necessary components were held up at U.S. ports, citing enforcement of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA).Qcells, the U.S. solar manufacturing arm of Korea’s Hanwha Solutions, announced it is furloughing approximately 1,000 manufacturing employees and reducing work hours at its two Georgia facilities in Dalton and Cartersvi…

Qcells furloughs 1,000 workers at Georgia solar panel assembly facilities

Solar panel manufacturer Qcells revealed on Friday that it would furlough one-third of its workers at its two plants in Georgia. The 1,000 employees will temporarily have reduced pay and working hours due to increased detentions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of solar cells and other upstream panel components. Qcells will also lay… The post Qcells furloughs 1,000 workers at Georgia solar panel assembly facilities appeared first on S…

Korean solar firm cuts pay and hours for Georgia workers as U.S. officials detain imports

A Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels.