{"id":13890,"date":"2020-04-02T13:05:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T17:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13890"},"modified":"2020-04-05T11:06:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T15:06:18","slug":"british-airways-and-unions-reach-deal-to-lay-off-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=13890","title":{"rendered":"British Airways and Unions Reach Deal to Lay Off Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"A deal has been agreed to lay off British Airways staff because of the Covid-19 crisis, a union has announced.<\/p>\n

Unite said the airline will introduce a modified version of the Government\u2019s job retention scheme, so that workers will be furloughed on 80% of pay.<\/p>\n

Unlike the government scheme, there will be no cap on earnings, said the union.<\/p>\n

Workers will be able to divert their pension contributions into their pay for a short period of time and there will be no unpaid temporary lay offs or redundancies, said Unite, adding that a redundancy process that had already begun has been halted.<\/p>\n

Unite national officer for aviation Oliver Richardson said: \u201cGiven the incredibly difficult circumstances that the entire aviation sector is facing this is as good a deal as possible for our members.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe deal protects the jobs of BA staff and, as far as possible, also protects their pay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what can and should be done to protect workers during this unprecedented time for the airline sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

The deal will now be circulated to Unite\u2019s members at British Airways for their final approval.<\/p>\n

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