DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler Group LLC says it will end a cost-saving requirement that all workers take the same two weeks off during the summer.
For the past two years, the automaker shut down all of its operations for two weeks in July as it switched factories from one model year to the next.
But spokeswoman Shawn Morgan says the company is in better financial shape and will let its 10,000 U.S. salaried employees to take vacations as they wish this summer.
Chrysler's factories still will be closed from July 12 to 23.
Morgan says salaried workers are busy updating the company's vehicles. Chrysler plans 16 new or updated cars and trucks by the end of this year.
