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Toyota Motor Vietnam demotes ‘whistleblower’ engineer
2011-0901
Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., Ltd (TMV) on Thursday cut Vietnamese ‘whisteblower’ engineer Le Van Tach’s suspension period but they will demote him to a job with a lower salary within the next six months.
Tach had been suspended on halfpay after he released documents revealing three glitches in Innova and Fortuner vehicles.
He said TMW had sold around 60,000 vehicles with quality defects in Vietnam. The leaks caused an outcry and the company in April apologized to customers for the technical problems and announced a recall of 65,700 Innova and Fortuner vehicles that were assembled in Vietnam for repair, the biggest vehicle recall in the industry’s history.
TMV said Tach’s acts have affected significantly the company’s order and discipline. Thus, with the total agreement of the company’s Trade Union TMV’s President decided to transfer Tach to another job with a lower salary within 6 months, effective from Thursday.
TMV claimed the demotion had nothing to do with Tach leaking information to the press but because of the effect it has had on the workforce.
The company says it is a necessary countermeasure to ensure internal order and discipline in TMV.
The company said that over two months after suspending Tach on June 13 and after further investigating his actions, motivation, purpose and actual expectation, with all lawful documents and evidence stipulated by Vietnam Labor Law and the Company’s working regulations, TMV comes to the conclusion that Tach has violated Clause 4 of Session 56 - “has committed acts that interfered with other people’s work” and Clause 6 of Session 57 - “has disturbed others by making demands or insults or any other unwarrantable act”, which was stated on the company’s working regulations.
On May 31, Tach submitted a letter to the management of TMV complaining that seven senior managers had insulted and threatened him after he released information on three serious technical problems to the press.
TMV said Tach had no grounds for complaint and issued him with a letter informing him of his suspension.
Tach had been suspended on halfpay after he released documents revealing three glitches in Innova and Fortuner vehicles.
He said TMW had sold around 60,000 vehicles with quality defects in Vietnam. The leaks caused an outcry and the company in April apologized to customers for the technical problems and announced a recall of 65,700 Innova and Fortuner vehicles that were assembled in Vietnam for repair, the biggest vehicle recall in the industry’s history.
TMV said Tach’s acts have affected significantly the company’s order and discipline. Thus, with the total agreement of the company’s Trade Union TMV’s President decided to transfer Tach to another job with a lower salary within 6 months, effective from Thursday.
TMV claimed the demotion had nothing to do with Tach leaking information to the press but because of the effect it has had on the workforce.
The company says it is a necessary countermeasure to ensure internal order and discipline in TMV.
The company said that over two months after suspending Tach on June 13 and after further investigating his actions, motivation, purpose and actual expectation, with all lawful documents and evidence stipulated by Vietnam Labor Law and the Company’s working regulations, TMV comes to the conclusion that Tach has violated Clause 4 of Session 56 - “has committed acts that interfered with other people’s work” and Clause 6 of Session 57 - “has disturbed others by making demands or insults or any other unwarrantable act”, which was stated on the company’s working regulations.
On May 31, Tach submitted a letter to the management of TMV complaining that seven senior managers had insulted and threatened him after he released information on three serious technical problems to the press.
TMV said Tach had no grounds for complaint and issued him with a letter informing him of his suspension.
Source: SGT
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