- Ninety British Cycling staff will be furloughed in April and May
- UKA to streamline head office with events under threat
Two of Britain’s biggest Olympic sports have become the latest to announce plans to furlough staff because of the coronavirus crisis. British Cycling is to avail of the government’s job retention scheme to cover 80% of the wages of 90 staff – approximately one third of its workforce – in April and May as it faces a drop in income of around £4m. UK Athletics also plans to furlough up to 12 of its head office staff as it also braces itself for a significant loss of revenue.
Joanna Coates, installed as UKA’s new chief executive a week ago, said that while senior staff and the rest of the workforce are not yet taking pay cuts it is her belief this first round of furloughing was “the start of a series of measures that we’ll probably have to undertake”. Julia Harrington, her counterpart at British Cycling, has announced that she and other members of her leadership team will take a 10% pay cut in May and June.
Written by Barry Glendenning
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/08/british-cycling-and-uk-athletics-turn-to-furlough-as-covid-19-hits-income under the title “British Cycling and UK Athletics turn to furlough as Covid-19 hits income”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
