The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is set to kick off talks on Kenya Airways’ plan to manage operations at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
However sources reveal that KAA plans to make all JKIA employees redundant at the onset before giving the employees fresh contracts of employment.
In the proposal, Kenya Airways has issued KAA with three options in regards to how they would treat JKIA staff.
The first option states that second all the current JKIA staff to the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) on the same terms for a period of 12 months.
After the secondment period, KQ will transfer employees to the SPV with the right to choose employees who receive the transfer proposal.
The second option states that those it wishes to retain after the secondment period, would have to be transferred to the SPV by way of an agreement between the SPV, KAA and their staff.
The transfer process would require willing employees to confirm possible reduction in benefits that they enjoy as civil servants in particular pension benefits.
The final option states that KAA would make all JKIA employees redundant at the onset.
The SPV would then have an option of recruiting the former KAA employees under fresh contracts of employment with the SPV.