Barcelona to apply a salary reduction due to the coronavirus crisis
Barcelona announced its decision to apply a basketball player salary reduction to all players and staff due to the coronavirus crisis.
According to “Mundo Deportivo” , and starting from the senior teams, a reduction of 70% to all monthly salaries will be imposed to all the players and staff.
However, the wages will return automatically to their previous status when the season resumes.
According to the press release of the club:
“The Board of Directors, meeting remotely this Thursday, March 26, have discussed the measures to be applied to minimize the economic impact that the coronavirus crisis is causing on the activity of FC Barcelona, as well as the actions that are being carried out by the club and the Foundation in collaboration with the authorities, with the aim of avoiding the spread of the disease as much as possible.
The declaration of the state of alarm last March 14, a consequence of the health emergency that we are experiencing with the coronavirus pandemic, meant the cessation of all activity, sporting and non-sporting, at our club.
Faced with this scenario, the Board of Directors has decided to implement a series of measures to mitigate its effects and reduce the economic effects of this crisis.
Among the measures adopted, it’s worth noting those related to the workplace are motivated by the need to adapt the contractual obligations of the club staff to the new and temporary circumstances that we are experiencing.
It is about the presentation of the different relative files in the sporting field (football and other professional sports), as well as for the rest of the non-sporting personnel.
These files will be processed before the Treball Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, once the club has shared all aspects related to these measures, and their scope, with all its staff, both sporting and non-sporting.
Basically it is a reduction of the working day, imposed by the circumstances and the protection measures carried out, and, as a consequence, the proportional reduction of the remuneration provided for in the respective contracts.
Measures that the club wants to implement scrupulously follow the formal labor regulations, under the criteria of proportionality, and above all fairness, and with the sole objective of resuming the activity of the club as soon as possible.”
The aforementioned decision applies to all players of the club in all sports (football, basketball etc etc).
At the same time, Baskonia has also made a similar decision. Meanwhile, Barcelona rivals, Real Madrid, have no intention, for the time being, to reduce the players’ salaries.
On the other hand, it is still unclear what the other EuroLeague clubs will do and whether they will follow the Catalans’ example.