By Zeke Turner 

BERLIN -- Volkswagen AG will resume negotiations Monday to resolve a dispute with parts suppliers that has led to reduced working hours for thousands of its employees across Germany.

About 20,000 workers will be affected by shorter working hours in the coming week across different plants because of a shortfall in parts used in models like its Golf and Sportsvan, Volkswagen spokesman Christoph Adomat said Sunday.

He said that both sides agreed to break off talks late Friday and continue discussions on Monday. The suppliers, Car Trim and ES Automobilguss, have denied blame for the disruption. They said they suspended delivery because Volkswagen canceled contracts without explanation or compensation.

Volkswagen, still sorting out an emissions scandal that erupted nearly a year ago, said it would scale back production of its Golf model later this year to adjust for previous output.

Confirming German media reports over the weekend, Mr. Adomat said the company would scratch eight days of production from the Golf manufacturing schedule across October and December, the time it takes to produce about 15,000 Golfs.

The adjustment, he said, was aimed at normalizing output after Volkswagen had run production during the summer holidays.

"It's a completely normal procedure that, in the middle of the quarter, you reflect on your production cycle going forward," Mr. Adomat said.

He declined to say whether Volkswagen had reduced the total number of Golfs it was planning to make this year.

Volkswagen is in the midst of a restructuring triggered largely by the disclosure by U.S. authorities last September that the auto maker had equipped diesel engines with software that enabled vehicles to cheat on emissions tests. The auto maker later admitted the software had been installed in nearly 11 million vehicles.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 21, 2016 13:42 ET (17:42 GMT)

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