Overseas employees
Think this is a very dangerous game for Unite to play. This could blow up rather spectacularly on them. If the precedent is set that overseas staff should have UK T's and C's applied to their contracts then an awful lot of employers may just turn around and do just that - to the detriment of the workers concerned. Take the situation with employees in France. The immediate impact would be that their normal retirement age would be pushed out to 65 instead of the current 60. Then see the ripple around the rest of Europe. Add on that UK T's and C's are affected by UK statute and all of a sudden you start to find a load of variations occur, like limits on hours worked etc. Whilst this may be beneficial to the employee in some aspects, it may also be limiting in others. And it won't only be BA who will have to take this route, all other UK companies who employ staff overseas are similarly caught. Net result is that the number of non UK staff employed by these outfits may decline substantially.