STAFF at Toyota's Burnaston plant have thanked the company for listening to their calls to reinstate full-time working.

Yesterday, the Japanese car-maker announced all 3,800 workers at Burnaston would return to full pay from April 1, after a year of working with a 10% wage cut.

It said 600 job cuts would have to be made this year – but it was confident these could be achieved on a voluntary basis

One union official said staff were "very positive" about the return to full-time working and he expected enough employees would want to take the redundancy package being offered.

Pete Tsouvallaris, of Unite, said: "The company has listened to the workers.

"We have reached an agreement that has done a great deal for morale.

It's the perfect pick-me-up ahead of hybrid Auris production."

Another worker, Damian Dallison, said of the announcement: "It came as a shock, but a really nice shock.

"We didn't want the cut in pay to continue and the company has listened to us. Morale is right back up again."

Tony Walker, deputy managing director of Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK, said he was confident enough volunteers would be found for job cuts, thanks to the "attractiveness" of the terms on offer.