Ryanair will press ahead with plans to move Polish staff on to self-employed contracts, Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said in an interview with Reuters.
In Poland, a union representing Polish cabin crew has refused to sign the new contracts which the company's local subsidiary wants to introduce. But Jacobs said the new contract reflected the local , used also by national Polish carrier, LOT and other airlines.
Many Polish Ryanair staff are currently on contracts provided by the parent company, but are being asked to transfer to the new contracts as Ryanair's main operation in Poland is handed to Ryanair Sun, a local subsidiary.
Analysts have said that the transfer to self-employed contracts gives airlines more flexibility and will save them money. Jacobs said staff would get higher salaries as a result of the shift and could also be relocated elsewhere in Europe if they are not satisfied with the contracts.
Irish arline's staff have received support from unions representing workers from Poland's state-run airline LOT, who went on strike on Thursday (October 18) over working conditions.
Ryanair, which employs 400 cabin crew in Poland and is Europe's largest low-cost carrier, is already trying to cope with an industrial relations revolt across the region, with pilots and cabin crew staging strikes in several countries over employment conditions.
Autor: gf / Źródło: TVN24 International, Reuters