BT boss gives salary to health workers, lifts pay for frontline staff


FILE PHOTO: Former CEO of BT Gavin Patterson and CEO Philip Jansen are seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain Jan 30, 2019. Jansen says BT will not cut jobs or pay over virus.

LONDON, April 6 (Reuters) - The head of Britain's biggest telecoms firm BT said he would donate his salary to health workers for at least six months and award a pay rise to his frontline staff who are maintaining broadband networks during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Philip Jansen, one of Britain's richest executives from his time overseeing the flotation of payments processor Worldpay, also said the company would not make any job cuts related to the health crisis and maintain all pay for at least three months.

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