Deloitte chief executive Richard Deutsch has announced that all staff who accepted pay cuts during the pandemic will now receive a payment equivalent to six weeks of forgone pay.
Staff will also continue to receive up to an additional 10 days of leave that must be used before 31 January 2021.
In April, the big four firm announced that staff would see their pay cut by 20 per cent for four months due to the economic effects of COVID-19.
Deloitte later revealed that it would make approximately 7 per cent of its over 10,000-strong workforce redundant in June — the largest redundancy program across the big four — after the firm experienced a 19 per cent year-on-year decline in revenue in May.
“Our half-year results are strong and we are optimistic about 2021. I am so proud of the hard work, dedication and focus of our people to help our clients navigate through this crisis,” Mr Deutsch said.
“Our continued better-than-planned performance is a testament to our market-leading skills and capabilities.
“We promised our people that we would continuously review our performance and recognise their hard work and contribution. It is to that end that we can announce that we will return a payment equivalent to six weeks of forgone pay to our staff who accepted the pay variation proposal.
“Our commitment to our staff that they will get the full special leave allocation of up to 10 days remains.”
The move to repay staff a portion of their pandemic-related pay cuts comes after fellow big four firms KPMG and EY announced similar moves earlier this year.
KPMG has repaid about 1 per cent of its expected 6.7 per cent annualised pay cut, while EY’s 1 per cent repayment reduced the annual impact of its cuts to 2.3 per cent.
PwC, which moved its workforce to a four-day working week with a corresponding reduction in pay in May, has yet to announce a repayment of pay cuts.
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