Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer plans to appeal a local labor court’s decision that set March 13 as the official date for the start of the company’s layoffs, a company spokesperson told AIN today. Embraer also said it will appeal the court’s use of the word “abusive” in its characterization of the company’s actions.
After finding that the company did not violate any of the country’s labor laws, the <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/court-rules-embraer-layoffs-legal/" target="_blank">court ruled</a> that Embraer would not have to reinstate any of the 4,300 employees it laid off in February. However, it also ruled that Embraer would have to pay the employees’ salaries up to March 13, rather than February 19–the day the company originally instituted the dismissals. The court also “validated” Embraer’s earlier offer to pay two months’ salary and a year’s medical benefits as severance.
A week after Embraer had announced the layoffs, the labor court forced the company to suspend its plan to cut 20 percent of its 21,000-strong workforce after it agreed to hear the collective lawsuit. However, the company had already let go and paid severance to “the vast majority” of the production workers and managers slated for dismissal, company CEO <a href="http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/decision-on-embraer-layoffs-due-wednesday/&gt;Frederico Curado told &lt;strong&gt;AIN&lt;/strong" target="_blank"></a> the week before the court decision.
“Brazilian legislation is very clear about the right of any party, either the employer or the employee, to terminate his labor contact,” Curado said. “Of course, there are compensations which are clearly outlined and the laws are respected. That’s what we did.”

Embraer To Appeal Labor Court Ruling

Brazilian airplane manufacturer Embraer plans to appeal a local labor court’s decision that set March 13 as the official date for the start of the company’

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