Today, Nissan has joined the list of companies that are already evaluating drastic measures on their staff to face the coronavirus crisis. The company and the unions are meeting to address the situation of the Zona Franca factory in Barcelona, whose production could be affected shortly by the lack of supplies due to the coronavirus crisis, which could lead to the application of a temporary employment regulation (ERTE).

As sources familiar with the meeting have explained to Efe, today the factory operates normally, but they have decided to address their situation with the unions in anticipation that in the short term supplies will be lacking , since the plant is mainly supplied in Europe, among other countries from Italy, and to a lesser extent in Japan.

The Free Trade Zone plant employs around 3,500 people and currently produces only 20% of its capacity due to the lack of workload from the plant in Japan, which implies that its situation is already delicate in itself.

Norwegian

Norwegian will launch, due to the losses derived from the coronavirus, temporary suspensions of employment in the company that may affect up to 50 percent of the workforce, according to what the Norwegian 'low cost' reported today to the Oslo Stock Exchange. The company employs more than 2,000 people in Spain.

The airline also reported that it will cancel more than 4,000 flights across its network, 40 percent of its long-haul fleet and up to 25 percent of its short-haul flights until the end of May.

"Due to the extraordinary market situation as a result of the coronavirus and, therefore, a dramatic drop in customer volumes and the consequent decrease in production, we must consider all possible measures to reduce costs," he said in a statement. the CEO, Jacob Schram.

Closure of Go-Fit gyms

Measures to contain contagion in closed spaces have led Grupo Ingesport, a sports services chain in Spain and Portugal, to announce measures to prevent the advance of Covid-19.

The company has closed its GO-fit sports centers in Spain and Portugal - a measure that will affect Gofit's more than 245,000 customers - and, in addition, it has informed all its employees that it will carry out a temporary employment regulation file (ERTE). Ingesport will supplement the remuneration of its employees, up to 100 percent, by decision of the Board of Directors , while the current situation lasts, so that they do not suffer losses in their purchasing power. Ingesport will advance its employees the necessary amounts to overcome this crisis without leaving anyone aside.

Thus, the objective of today's meeting is to analyze the situation with the unions and seek measures in the face of the coronavirus crisis, according to the same source, which has stated that among the measures being considered is that of a possible ERTE.

Hotels in Bilbao

The President of Destino Bilbao, Álvaro Díaz-Munío , has described the situation of hotels in Bilbao as "unsustainable and completely dramatic" for the tourism sector due to the alert generated by the coronavirus. He has also stated that reservations for the bridge of San José and Easter "are zero" and cancellations "all", and that some hotels are already planning to close from next week and apply ERTEs to the templates.

In statements to Europa Press, the president of the association, which groups 26 hotels in the city, has indicated that the photo of closed hotels in the city will be seen "from now on", because most large companies with local presence "are already contemplating applying ERTEs and unimaginable cuts that no one could even imagine because the current situation is totally catastrophic".

British Airways, from the IAG group, has also said that, due to the impact of the coronavirus, the airline "cannot sustain its level of employment" and "jobs will be lost", either temporarily or in the long term.

In a video to the staff, the CEO, the Spanish Álex Cruz, affirms that the spread of the Covid-19 has caused a "crisis of global proportions" for air transport due to the radical decrease in demand, due to the suspension of events and travel ban.

BA must "park" planes like never before, said the executive, who assured that the current crisis is worse than that generated years ago by the SARS epidemic or the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.

In the video message, entitled "The Survival of British Airways," he explains that management negotiates with unions the best way to reduce staff and argues that every effort will be made to offer "flexibility" to customers.

Labor resources

In Andalusia, companies are resorting to hourly bags, vacations, temporary employment regulations, shorter hours and permits to face health prevention measures, reports Efe with data from UGT-A.

Companies such as Endesa, Fujitsu and Alexis with work centers in Andalusia, have applied some of these measures to their workers following the recommendations of the health authorities.

Hotel chains such as Meliá or Hotusa have released employment regulations due to cancellations and the anticipation of a collapse in demand at the beginning of the high season.

The group of school monitors, who belong to companies subcontracted by the administration , are also affected by the closure of schools and possibly will face temporary employment regulations.

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