General Motors (GM) has fired several employees in India and U.S. over violations of company policy, Bloomberg News reports.
According to the news report, the automaker fired employees after an internal investigation into the recall of a sport-utility vehicle (SUV) built and sold exclusively in India.
The company did not disclose how many employees were fired.
The firing comes as “the Indian government opens an investigation into GM’s subsidiary after the unit said employees manipulated emissions tests during the past eight years to comply with requirements,” one person familiar with the situation said.
According to a news report by the India’s Economic Times, “GM said in a July 18 letter to the government that an internal investigation uncovered employees manipulating emissions tests for the Chevrolet Tavera SUV.”
“We take these matters very seriously and hold our leaders and employees to high standards,” said Greg Martin, a GM spokesman at the company’s Detroit headquarters. “When those standards are not met, we will take the appropriate action to hold employees accountable.”
Source: Bloomberg News via The Detroit News
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