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ABTA relaxes rules over homeworking
ABTA is to relax its rules to allow for the growing number of homeworkers in the industry.
Under its Articles of Association, members are not allowed to have self-employed staff.
But now that around 100 of ABTA’s 1,500 members have homeworkers, it has decided to adapt its membership criteria.
A spokesman said the rules would be changed at the next Annual General Meeting, but said in the meantime ABTA would not take action against these companies.
“When our Articles of Association were drawn up homeworkers were very few and far between, but now it is quite common,” he said.
“Technically, all staff must be on the pay role, but it has been decided that we are not going to enforce this by going out and auditing people.
“All changes, however, have to be approved at the AGM and we have just missed it, so next April it will be put to the board.”
He said members must provide ABTA with the names and addresses of homeworkers, and homeworkers themselves must also have at least two years experience and undergo the training required under its membership rules.
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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