Toyota’s Indian unit has lifted a week long lockout at its production facilities ordered amid a heated dispute over wages and allegations of sabotage.

Workers at two Bangalore factories run by Toyota Kirloskar Motor have been locked out after a series of talks stretching back ten months on wages failed to reach an agreement.

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Last week the company restarted some lines using non-union workers but kept the lockout in place.

Production is expected to return to normal this week, but it may not be a smooth ending to the dispute.

Toyota Kirloskar Motor said on Thursday workers could return from Monday after signing an undertaking on good conduct.

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However, reports from India suggest that the expected return to work for the first shift on Monday morning has been disrupted with the labour union claiming that workers would not sign the company’s undertaking on future conduct.

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Suspension of work at the plants resulted in a daily production loss of 700 cars.