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What's the problem?
If staff are on holidays and stuck it's at least unpaid absence, hardly the employers fault, if they were on business then it's payable time.
Public sector = extra paid leave, the rest of us unpaid leave?
I am told that so far as teachers are concerned they've been told that they'll be paid for their extended absence.
I suppose that as their pay (and pensions) come out of public funds the cost doesn't matter to the government - just have to send a few more tax repayment cases to "room 101" at Bristol or remove CT600 repayment cases from HMRC computer to fund the cost!
Not in Scotland
Teachers in Scotland that are stranded need to record the time as unpaid leave. England may be different?
Paid or unpaid
This is the same as the 'Snow Days' and will vary from employer to employer as presumably it is at the employers discretion - but warning, if employers agree to pay employees now, they maybe opening a can of worms for later in the year if it continues. One scenario is that it my all settle down now, air travel returns to normal - but what if there is another erruption in say August when there could be more staff away! Some employees will have travel insurance that covers this disruption, and they may be able to claim loss of earnings. I do agree though that if they were on business trip then the employer must pay, but holiday is another matter.