British Airways has asked its employees to take unpaid leaves of absence or work without pay for up to a month to help it weather the financial storm that caused it to post a record loss of £400 million for 2008, reports CNN. The company has not confirmed the information, nor do the British media report it but BA and the Unite union have been bickering over pay proposals in recent days.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 17 June 2009 at 16:10 |
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Tags: BA, British Airways, loss, pay, staff, unpaid leave
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