Tegna Trying to Close Loophole That Would Let Some Employees Not Be Furloughed (Patreon)

FTVLive was the FIRST to tell you that Tegna was planning on furloughing its employees to save the company money. 

Despite the fact that the coronavirus has only taken hold of the country just last month, Tegna has already made the choice to ask all of their employees to take a week off without pay. 

It shows you that Tegna either is not on firm ground financially or is putting the bottom line first before their own staff. 

After the 2007-2009 recession, Tegna had changed the language in employee contracts to require them to take part in any company furloughs. 

Back during the recession, Tegna could not force talent that was under contract, to take a furlough, due to the fact that it would have violated the contract. 

So, as contracts came up and as new employees were hired, Tegna added language to the agreement that would now require the employees to comply with the company furlough. 

But, sources tell FTVLive there are still some employees working at Tegna under a contract, that do not have the furlough clause in their agreement. 

Word is that some employees at the Tribune stations that Tegna bought from Nexstar last December are still working under their Tribune contracts that did not have the furlough clause that Tegna now requires.  

Sources tell FTVLive that those people are being asked to sign paperwork agreeing to the Tegna furlough.

Insiders say that employees are afraid to refuse to sign this paper for fear of retribution or getting fired and not being a team player even though this is their contract. 

Stay tuned…