Millennial Snowflake wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:26 am
So you were furloughed on 80% pay covered by the govt scheme and are now being asked to take a 15% paycut when you go back after 25% of staff have been laid off?
Your employer is taking the p*ss mate
Many appear to be.
My Son works in construction and was emailed a few weeks back; stating if people did not return from (80%) furlough, then their only three options would be:
- Take redundancy.
- Reduce hours to part-time for an indefinite period.
- Agree a new contract, with a 10% pay cut AND no wage increase for FIVE years.
Apparently, according to the email from their Director, he had applied for a £1.2 Million loan from the bank - but he had to prove to them how he'd make cost savings for repayment.
Sounds reasonable to some extent; albeit when pushed with questions about why the loan was required, it transpires that it hadn't even been given.
He and the majority of the 80 others who hadn't worked through furlough, replied in no uncertain terms what he could do with his three preferences.
Welcome to the World of 21st Century Employers.
He had previously persuaded many colleagues to join Unite. I truly can't think of any time in recent history, when it has been more important for people to join a Union.