Pay cuts set to save Laing O’Rourke more than £20m by June

By Dave Rogers2020-04-02T05:00:00

All 8,000 UK staff to see salaries trimmed by up to 30%

Laing O’Rourke is expected to save more than £20m by the end of June after telling all 8,000 UK staff they will have to take pay cuts because of the coronavirus outbreak.

The firm said staff will see salaries temporarily fall between 20% and 30% in the most significant belt-tightening measure introduced yet by a major contractor. Chief executive Ray O’Rourke likened its response to the crisis to “a war effort”.

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