Originally Posted by
ILS27LEFT
BA can legally announce redundancies however BA cannot proceed if CJRS still in place by date of 1st redundancy.
If BA will decide to proceed will clearly be "unfair dismissal". Immense damage to the brand and workforce. Much higher cost than the 12K salaries combined! Suicidal approach by BA if they will proceed with the 12K redundancies.
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Darryl Hutcheon, a barrister at Matrix Chambers, argues that while each case will ultimately turn on its facts, employees who are dismissed without being given the option of furlough would likely have a “powerful argument” for unfair dismissal. "
The CJRS has been extended until end of October and very likely the Aviation sector will be covered until then under the existing conditions.
BA therefore will be "unfairly dismissing" employees if redundancies are confirmed whilst CJRS scheme still available.
Exactly. By which time, hopefully there'll be a fairer playing field for fairer negotiation. A legal friend said that on the back of BA's current battle-plan, if approached correctly, the employee claims on BA will run and run, and eventually cripple them.