ANA to permit staff to take on wider selection of side jobs amid pandemic
11 October, 2020
All Nippon Airways Co will allow its employees to defend myself against a wider selection of side jobs since it looks to greatly help them supplement primary incomes that have been slashed amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources acquainted with the plan said Saturday.
Possibly starting next year, the major Japanese airline's roughly 15,000 employees will be permitted to defend myself against part-time work for others within their off-duty hours, the sources said.
Until now, these were only permitted to have side jobs on the problem they operate as a sole trader, such as for example working as a tutor.
The yet-to-be-announced change comes at the same time when the pandemic has sharply reduced international flights as nations around the world implemented travel restrictions to contain coronavirus outbreaks, severely impacting the airline industry.
Recently, AirAsia Japan Co, japan unit of the Malaysian budget airline AirAsia Group, said it'll pull out of japan market altogether.
ANA notified its labor union of the program allowing a wider scope of side jobs, and the policy could also connect with other group companies, the sources said.
ANA's parent company, ANA Holdings Inc, in July reported a record net lack of 108.82 billion yen in the April-June quarter, citing reduced demand for flights.
With the business environment deteriorating badly, employees are expected to see their annual pay fall by thirty percent on average, as ANA plans not to pay winter bonuses after having already halved summer bonuses.
ANA can be planning further cost-cutting measures including pulling passenger jets out of service sooner than scheduled within structural reforms to be announced prior to the end of October, based on the sources.
With a rebound in flights, particularly international services, not yet coming, Japanese airlines have already been facing massive financial losses. In August, Japan Airlines Co posted a net loss of 93.71 billion yen in the April-June quarter alone.
Source: japantoday.com
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