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Wates<\/a> has announced it will furlough around a quarter of its workforce next week in hopes to protect both the business and the jobs<\/h2>\n

Speaking to colleagues, Wates chief executive, David Allen said that tough short-term decisions had been made to ensure the future success of the group.<\/p>\n

From Monday 6 April, Wates will furlough<\/a> around a quarter of its workforce. The furloughing programme is being implemented in line with government guidance and is expected to last for around three months.<\/p>\n

Wates also announced a series of temporary pay cuts affecting staff at nearly all levels within the company.<\/p>\n

The Group Board will be taking a 35% reduction in pay. Only colleagues on the lowest salaries and those continuing to work on live sites and projects<\/a> will be exempt from any reductions.<\/p>\n

“We are all in this together.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

David Allen said: \u201cWe are a strong business that has overcome many challenges during our 123-year history, and we will come through the unprecedented challenges created by COVID-19.<\/p>\n

“Our financial results for 2019 were excellent. We arrived at the start of this global crisis in a position of financial strength and will emerge from it ready and able to thrive once again because we are making hard choices now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognise the additional pressures currently being faced by the majority of our colleagues who simply cannot work from home and who continue to be based on our sites and projects.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir pay and the pay of our most junior staff will not be adjusted. Everyone else, from the group board down, will be and it is right that the most senior members of the team will make the biggest contributions.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one can foresee how long this crisis will continue, and other adjustments may need to be made, but we are determined to get through it, to emerge stronger, and for our people to keep their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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