BA has been in the news … again and, as usual, for all the wrong reasons. The company formerly claiming to be the world’s favourite airline has now asked 40,000 of its staff to not just take a pay cut but to work for nothing for a month to ensure the company’s survival. Now there’s an enticing offer … not.
This is becoming a hot topic again in view of the number of large scale redundancies we are now seeing – 3,000 at RBS and 10,000 at BT announced just this week. I’m seeing more and more people with compromise agreements seeking advice on their situations, as you might expect. However, in some cases, the employers are not consulting with their employees at all, but are simply telling them that they will be made redundant and then showing them the door. This should not happen and can lead to employers unfairly dismissing the employees treated in this way. If this happens to you you may be able to argue that you have been unfairly dismissed.