Cineworld Responds To Fired Staff Calls For Reinstatement: “We Are Exploring Whether There Are Alternative Options”

EXCLUSIVE: Cineworld has responded to yesterday’s letter from fired workers calling for the corporate to rethink the mass redundancies it made this week because of the influence of the coronavirus.

As we revealed yesterday, greater than 240 UK staff who had been let go by the exhibition large wrote to group CEO Mooky Greidinger calling for the exhibitor to reinstate workers, particularly in mild of the federal government’s new plans to assist firms pay staff through the disaster.

A spokesperson for Cineworld advised us immediately, “We made quite a lot of provides to our staff earlier this week together with partial funds till we’re capable of re-open cinemas. Following the announcement by the federal government yesterday across the help they’re now providing the leisure trade, together with cinemas and their staff, we’ve written to our staff to allow them to know that we’re at present reviewing this and exploring whether or not there are various choices.”

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We’ve seen a replica of the letter despatched from CEO Mooky Greidinger to staff. An extract from the letter reads:

“As of tonight the Authorities has put in place quite a lot of folks measures, which I used to be happy to see.

“In view of this and our communication earlier this week, if we’ve supplied you the choice of partial fee, you’ll be able to placed on maintain any determination on this and we’ll come again to you with extra info as quickly as we are able to.

“In case your employment has been terminated, once more we’ll come again to you as quickly as we are able to and specifically, whether or not we are able to provide another choice to you.”

The mass terminations this week prompted feedback from a number of MPs, together with distinguished Labour politician Yvette Cooper.

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Cineworld staff we’ve spoken to estimate that hundreds of UK workers have been impacted by the job losses. Many are on zero hours contracts, low pay salaries or part-time contracts. A personal Fb group arrange by former staff has drawn 725 members in two days.

Cineworld closed all of its 125 websites (together with the Picturehouse cinemas) within the UK this week following the federal government’s recommendation for folks to keep away from public venues because of the unfold of COVID-19. The day earlier than, the corporate’s share worth hit an all-time low. It has rebounded to a level since however nonetheless stays round 74% down since January.

The chain, which is the world’s second largest, employs tens of hundreds of workers worldwide and posted international income of $4.4BN final yr. Cineworld owns the Regal circuit within the U.S.

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