▪️Tonight on #c4news: hospitality businesses who allegedly refused to furlough workers during latest shutdown.
▪️Some staff at @Westbeer claim they’re left with *£10 pay a day.*
▪️But before we go to air both companies in our report u-turn.
It’s two weeks since many bars and restaurants in Scotland were forced to close entirely.
We’ve spoken to some low-paid workers who claim their employers were refusing to furlough them during the 16 day shutdown, dramatically reducing their pay.
One of the allegations concerns The Ivy, Glasgow. It’s part of Caprice Holdings, reportedly valued last year at £800m.
One worker there alleges he would be temporarily laid off instead of furloughed and have his pay reduced SIGNIFICANTLY.
NEW: We have seen a letter from Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirming that it took at least *six days* to test everyone at a care home where there have now been 7 deaths.
For those worried about Fatima she’s almost certainly not called Fatima and almost certainly will never work in cyber. The image is from a US photographer based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Nicola Sturgeon confirms the no pub/cafe rule applies to ALL quarter of a million students in Scotland this weekend and that yes she does support disciplinary measures (I asked about expulsion) as a last resort.
We have had part-time students, mature students, masters students, students who live miles from campus, students who don’t live with other students all get in touch.
The message is that everyone who is a student should not go for a coffee/pizza/pint this weekend.
I spoke with some very reasonable masters students who said they dare not go for a coffee ‘in case they get in trouble.’