I was jut enquiring in to if everyone else is still getting paid whilst this is going on, whether it be you work for a ground handler, airline or any other company at an airport? we have been told to either go home unpaid, use annual leave up or save up out hours and use them at a later date when it suits the company, I was under the impression that if you clocked in at work an employer had to pay you until you clocked out if it was part of your contracted hours, I have had a look into it on citezens bureau advice and it states that "All employees are entitled to be paid for the work they have done. They are also entitled to be paid if they are ready and willing to work but their employer has not provided them with any work to do, unless your employment contract says otherwise" - I cant find my contract to see if it says otherwise.
Do we have to go through a tribunal or something as far as I am and all my colleagues are concerned this is unfair in relation to the Employment Rights Act
I would have thought that the airlines have contractual agreements with ground handling company at airports, these are not paid day by day, so can an airline when it comes to paying the ground handler say that were not paying you because we did not use the service which they would have requested when the agreement was put in place between the ground handler and airline, does this mean that the airlines are not paying the airport tax to the airports as the passengers are not actually flying out?