Laing O’Rourke furloughs 1,000 staff

By Dave Rogers2020-04-08T05:00:00

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Laing O’Rourke is the latest contractor to furlough hundreds of staff with the firm confirming around 1,000 of its UK employees have been switched to the government’s job retention scheme.

The firm has 8,000 staff in the UK meaning around 12.5% of its staff in its home market have been furloughed – the name of initiative introduced by the government last month which sees staff put on paid leave with a proportion of their wages paid by the government.

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