Terminations can not qualify for support – Daily News – Lisbon

Workers Committee speaks of “cloaked redundancies” and recalls that access to benefits is not guaranteed

representatives of the national Commission of workers (CNT) of the New Bank were last heard in the Working Committee and Social Security of the Parliament, having left several critical negotiations that the institution is to be undertaken to reduce its staff.

“people felt sheep to be called to a slaughterhouse,” lamented Ruth Pires, a spokesman of the CNT. This committee took advantage of the presence in Parliament to reveal that have been called more than 500 people for meetings the last Tuesday and Wednesday, having been presented to them the termination conditions. The “slaughter” came from all these meetings in two days, says Ruth Pires. He explained the official, quoted by Lusa, the meetings took place from 09.00 to 23.00 in two days, having been given the target to 22 and 23 March as the deadline for a response. “We have seen an immoral scene,” pointed out even Ruth Pires, speaking in lines of people waiting to be received in the days that were called and criticizing a process of this size is done in two days.

In the “immoral scene” there is also point out that the 500 employees of the New Bank that can come off the bench soon not even have yet guarantee that will be entitled to unemployment benefits. “The administration said the request for company status in recovery will be granted. But this is not guaranteed. Also because the government has given the green light to the withdrawal of quotas by mutual agreement beyond the legal limits,” accused Ruth Pires . “How are they doing interviews before they have the approval?” He asked.

cloaked Dismissal

“The works council was not heard nothing “since accused Raul Santos, also of the works, in their statements to Members. In his view, the ongoing staff reduction process in the New Bank is not voluntary “because no one signed up to go.” And it’s not friendly “because the bank makes the proposal and does not accept a counteroffer,” he said, cited by Business. Raul Santos, the New Bank is proceeding with a “disguised dismissal” since “gives no solution: it is accepted or accepted.”

Another CNT representatives who met yesterday in Parliament Rui Geraldes, explained to reporters that the New Bank is offering 1.2 salaries per year to negotiate severance, even including lifetime access to health care services to the targeted over 50 years and life insurance for those who have less 50.

the bank also offers those who fall, the maintenance of credit conditions for housing. The conditions, better than that would occur in a collective redundancy scenario, seek to hasten the acceptance of the same, accused Rui Geraldes in Parliament.