V & D should the judge not reduce wages – AD.nl

V & D should the judge not reduce wages – AD.nl

By: editors
23-2-15 – 12:36

Retailer will appeal against verdict

Old V & ; D CEO Jacob Young (L) and current board member Sanne Oosterhoff (M) with their lawyer during the verdict © anp

. V & D may not reduce retroactively the salaries of its 5,000 employees. That the court determined today. The V & D will appeal against the ruling.

The ban on wage reduction applies only to members of FNV and CNV. Other workers themselves must oppose, because the judge has not been proven that they are against the pay cut.

If the judge had determined that V & D, the measure could make, then had V & D in March retroactively also withheld the salary reduction in February. V & D takes a salary reduction of 5.8 percent is needed to secure the future of the chain. The unions took the measure disproportionately and filed a summary proceedings

Rightly
The judge has the V & amp;. D unilaterally imposed pay cut up off the table, says FNV -bestuurder Niels Suijker. ,, This is very good news for the V

& amp; D specialists, but also for all employees. There should not be unilaterally by employers encroaching on wages and other working conditions. ”

FNV chairman Ton Heerts calls it ,, very righteous ” that there is not just a unilateral pay cut can be enforced. ,, The CLA protects people quite rightly against unilateral deterioration of employers. It is very nice for the employees of V &. D and for working Netherlands that attract the guys from the big money is not the best of it ”

FNV Trade says to date have not received inspection in the rescue plan between V & amp; D, Sun Capital, landlords and banks came into existence. Suijker: ,, From the media, we have learned that the salary sacrifice no ‘deal breaker’ for this plan. We hope that V & D the tide indeed know how to turn and that the adjustment of the retail department store back into the black ”

For twenty years loss The 127 year old retailer is running for twenty years at a loss. The lawyer of V & amp; D argued last week during the proceedings that the company would again fall into the danger zone as a line would be put by the pay cut.

The agreement with, among others of retail landlords about lowering rents would then be jeopardized.