Saskatoon

470 Nutrien employees back at work after short layoff

"This was always planned as a temporary downtime to manage inventory levels," the company says.

'This was always planned as a temporary downtime to manage inventory levels'

Hundreds of workers at Nutrien's Vanscoy mine are back to work after a temporary layoff, according to the company. (Nutrien)

Several hundred Nutrien mine workers are back at work at the company's Vanscoy potash mine southwest of Saskatoon following a six-day layoff period.

"This was always planned as a temporary downtime to manage inventory levels," said Will Tigley, a company spokesperson, via email. 

The Vanscoy layoff affected 470 Nutrien employees, not counting workers for subcontractors at the production site.

A similar temporary layoff of workers from the company's Allan mine property is still scheduled to begin on Sunday, said Tigley.

That layoff will affect 140 workers.

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