Vistara announces leave without pay for up to 4 days per month in May and June for senior employees

Vistara CEO Leslie Thng on Tuesday announced that senior employees will have to go on compulsory leave without pay (LWP) for up to four days per month in May and June as a measure to conserve the airline’s cash flow to tide over the difficulties faced by the aviation sector due to lockdowns across the world.

Vistara had sent the same set of senior employees on compulsory LWP for up to six days in April.

The compulsory no-pay leave will affect around 1,200 employees in senior grades. The remaining 2,800 employees of the airline such as members of cabin crew and ground handling services will be unaffected.

“We will continue with the difficult decision to reduce staff costs to preserve jobs,” Thng said in an email to employees that has been accessed by PTI.