British Airways is to temporarily suspend roughly 36,000 employees — the majority of their cabin crew and ground staff — due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic
... [+]PA Images via Getty Images: British Airways is expected to announce that it will suspend 36,000 staff, around 80% of its total workforce, because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“Talks with British Airways are ongoing and Unite’s priority is always to communicate with our members, who are very anxious at this time but who understand the work that Unite is doing to protect jobs, incomes and futures,” a Unite spokesperson toldBritish Airways is not expected to make any layoffs and suspended staff should be able to claim 80% of their salary capped at £2,500 as part of the British government’s coronavirus job retention plan.
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