BT STAFF are being balloted for industrial action following moves by the telecoms giant to halve redundancy pay.

Prospect union, which represents BT managers, said the firm is seeking to implement new severance terms that would see redundancy payments reduced from two years to one year.

Prospect national secretary John Ferrett said: “BT has rejected union attempts to reach a compromise at every turn and has even ignored the findings of its own staff survey, which showed that the proposals were overwhelmingly unpopular with workers.