I´ve been aware of this procedure where the company knows that the client will not require a particular employee to be on the rig for let´s say the next 3 months, so the company decide to put him on "Suspended employment" with no salary and after this time call him back to resume the contract.
With this procedure they don´t have to pay base salary for the time the employee is at home.
Don´t you think this is unethical? What kind of company does this kind of bs?! And they take pride of taking good care of their employees!!