Plenty of corporations are dealing with a scarcity of staff, however Russia’s Kamaz might need discovered an unlikely answer.

In response to Reuters, the CEO of the nation’s largest truckmaker is contemplating utilizing jail labor. No selections have been made, however Sergei Kogogin advised reporters the corporate is “assessing find out how to apply this system developed by the Federal Penitentiary Service.”

That’s an uncommon transfer within the automotive business, however the publication says the corporate is dealing with a scarcity of 4,000 workers at manufacturing services in Naberezhnye Chelny. Kamaz has already introduced in migrant staff from Uzbekistan, however they want extra individuals so prisoners is perhaps tasked with constructing autos sooner or later.

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Reuters says employee shortages have occurred in Russia thanks partly to “restrictions linked to the pandemic.” They’ve reportedly precipitated quite a lot of migrants to go away the nation, resulting in a scarcity of staff. In consequence, the Federal Penitentiary Service proposed utilizing prisoners to fill the shortages.

It stays unclear if Kamaz will transfer forward with the concept, however jail labor isn’t glamorous and is one thing that Daimler, which owns a 15% stake within the firm, would most likely wish to keep away from. After all, there aren’t any simple options so prisoners is perhaps the easiest way to fill gaps within the workforce.