PACT, the Protected Areas Conservation Trust sent home all its employees yesterday - and told them to come back in a week. But when they return, they will have to accept new terms of employment, likely meaning less pay.
According to a release from PACT, they did an organizational review and concluded that the organization needed to be, quote, "re-designed…to reduce and contain administrative costs." So, a consultant came up with what the release calls, a "new operational framework."
But, this framework aims to make PACT far leaner. The release refers to, quote, "modified job functions" - and "increased operational efficiency," which are buzzwords for retrenchment.
And that's where the kicker comes in. The release says, quote, "it also includes a modified compensation program that responds to the recommendations for PACT to reasonably reduce overhead costs as part of its long- term financial planning." Translation? Across the board pay cuts.
It continues, quote, "The migration to the new systems necessitates a discontinuation of the status quo inclusive of the current employment conditions." Translation? Everyone kinda just lost their job - or if not their job, whatever pay arrangement they had, is no more.
But, the release adds, quote, "in accordance with all legal requirements for reform of this nature, employees will be transitioned over a period of one week."
PACT's office is closed during the one-week period - so we couldn't get comment from the Executive Director.
Reports say the workers are planning to go to their union.
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