ANA to allow staff to take on part-time work amid pandemic

ANA will allow its employees to take on a wider range of side jobs as it looks to help them supplement primary incomes that have been slashed amid the coronavirus pandemic, sources familiar with the plan said Saturday. Possibly starting next year, the airline’s roughly 15,000 employees will be permitted to take on part-time work for other companies in their off-duty hours, the sources said. Until now, they were only permitted to have side jobs on the condition they operate as a sole trader, such as working as a tutor. The yet-to-be-announced change comes at a time when the pandemic has sharply reduced international flights as nations across the world implemented travel restrictions to contain coronavirus outbreaks, severely impacting the airline industry. ANA notified its labor union of the plan to permit a wider scope of side jobs, and the policy may also apply to other group companies, the sources said. With the business environment deteriorating badly, employees are expected to see their annual pay fall by 30% on average, as ANA isn’t planning to pay winter bonuses after having already halved summer bonuses.<br/>