Dubai’s Emirates airline begins laying off employees

Dubai’s Emirates airline begins laying off employees

Emirates on Sunday confirmed that it extended the period of reduced pay for its staff for another three months till September.. Dubai's Emirates airline has begun laying off employees to reduce cost and save cash as the carrier looks to rightsize its workforce.". We at Emirates have been doing everything possible to retain the talented people that make up our workforce for as long as we can.. Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on our business, we simply cannot sustain excess resources and have to rightsize our workforce in line with our reduced operations.. After reviewing all scenarios and options, we deeply regret that we have to let some of our people go," the spokesperson said in the statement.. The company is doing everything possible to protect the workforce wherever we can.. Where we are forced to take tough decisions we will treat people with fairness and respect.. We will work with impacted employees to provide them with all possible support," said the statement.. The spokesperson didn't disclose how many employees are being made redundant in this latest round of rightsizing the workforce.. It had previously reduced basic wages by 25 to 50 per cent for three