Employer ‘backs down on four-day return-to-office’ after protests
- Airbus has backtracked on its plan to reduce remote working after protests from unions, including a series of strikes in its Spanish facilities, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Spanish workers have been staging on-off industrial action since July, alongside sporadic protests in France and Britain over plans by Airbus to require white-collar staff to work on-site four days a week by September, rather than the current three.
- Managers have now been advised that staff can retain existing arrangements that allow them to work at home an average of two days a week, effectively suspending
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- Airbus has backtracked on its plan to reduce remote working after protests from unions, including a series of strikes in its Spanish facilities, according to people familiar with the matter.
- Spanish workers have been staging on-off industrial action since July, alongside sporadic protests in France and Britain over plans by Airbus to require white-collar staff to work on-site four days a week by September, rather than the current three.
- Managers have now been advised that staff can retain existing arrangements that allow them to work at home an average of two days a week, effectively suspending
Sources: The Independent