Originally Posted by
blind pew
The initial letter to Balpa inferred that BA was throwing all of the contracts plus terms and conditions out of the window.
Simply immoral and strongly illegal during this pandemic.
In many countries redundancies are illegal during this pandemic due to new legislation specifically in place to protect jobs and T&Cs' e.g. in Spain nobody can be made redundant for a further 6 months after the last government financial help received by the employer. This type of legislation has been introduced specifically to avoid corporate abuse during the crisis, in the UK the intention of the legislator was basically the same when the various measures were announced (loans, grants, furlough etc).
BA will be LEGALLY exposed as consultation of workforce & Unions during this crisis (e.g furlough or sickness/self isolation & lockdown) is not a realistic option and any action should have been postponed to a post crisis phase.
Unprecedented times however any good & responsible employer should consider redundancies as the very last resort. New lower, irreversible and permanent T&Cs' simply "a criminal act" in the middle of Covid19.
Quite shocking.
The government should introduce new legislation to avoid this kind of corporate abuse during a crisis of this magnitude whilst providing the necessary financial support.
The vast majority of BA workforce would very likely accept part-time contracts for as long as needed.
This would be the best solution.