Unions warn of fatal Covid blow to aviation sector
Updated / Tuesday, 9 Feb 2021
13:00
Irish airlines rely on summer bookings to make enough money to tide them over the loss-making winter season
Industry and Employment Correspondent
Irish airlines could suffer a fatal blow if they lose out on a second consecutive summer season, after a year of almost zero revenue and inadequate financial support from the Government, the Irish Airline Pilots Association has said.
IALPA President Captain Evan Cullen made his comments as he addressed the Oireachtas Transport Committee.
Captain Cullen cited recent comments by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar warning that international travel was unlikely to reopen until sometime in the future, but certainly not for the summer.
The Government has been warned that the financial costs of continued restrictions are very large and that the short-term economic outlook has worsened due to the current Level 5 restrictions.
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Businesses and communities are dealing with many COVID-19
related issues that are causing severe business disruption.
The Irish government has been swift to introduce new measures to
mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on business. No doubt,
further measures will be introduced in due course. Revenue has
acknowledged that tax payment difficulties are an inevitable
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and has advised
taxpayers to file tax returns and pay tax liabilities if at
all possible .
Business Supports
On 2 May 2020 the Irish government announced a suite of measures
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29th January 2021
More than 700 businesses in Clare have availed of the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme since September.
The scheme has replaced the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme, with the State paying a percentage of employees’ wages for those eligible for the initiative since the beginning of the pandemic.
More than 6 million euro has been claimed by employers in this county on staff wages since the initiative began.
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Nationally, more than 20,000 businesses made claims to the scheme costing over 244 million euro to the state.
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Welcome to a very special January edition of Republic of Labour Law, a monthly newsletter in which we distil the most important Irish legal and HR updates from the last month in 500 words or less.
This week in the Republic of Labour Law, we look at the year ahead, and what to expect in 2021.
As we look forward to the year ahead with excitement, we also look ahead to what employment law changes we expect in over the next 11 months:
Government Support Schemes
The government continues to support employers with a variety of grants and payments, the centrepiece being the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme.