Ad hoc oil workers ‘months away from losing everything’ after missing out on furlough scheme
ByAllister Thomas and David McPhee
A trio of offshore unions are in dispute with Petrofac after workers were left without answers on being granted the government’s coronavirus furlough scheme.
Several ad hoc workers, employed for more than a year through the firm’s Atlantic Resourcing recruitment arm, have been told they are “unlikely” to qualify for the furlough scheme by HR. Others have been left without answers.
Union bosses have criticised the firm’s “reluctance” to furlough certain staff, with RMT, Unite and GMB in dispute with Petrofac and others in similar positions.
