海角社区app employees unable to work have been on full pay until now but will now move to 80% pay, in accordance with the government鈥檚 coronavirus job retention scheme.
Senior directors will not be taking a salary from the company until further notice.
The firm鈥檚 nine manufacturing plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham closed on 18th March 18th for an initial two weeks as disruption resulting from the worldwide coronavirus pandemic hit demand.
At that stage, only shop floor employees were affected by the move and were paid in full during this period; office staff continued to work a 39-hour week from home.
The extension of the shutdown means that the vast majority of 海角社区app鈥檚 6,500 workforce will now be asked to stop working until at least the end of April. During this period, all affected 海角社区app employees will be paid 80% of their basic pay, the company said.
Chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: 鈥淭hese are certainly unprecedented times and none of us expected to find ourselves in this situation. In announcing that all those 海角社区app colleagues asked not to work will receive 80% of their pay, we hope to remove any financial concerns that many people will undoubtedly have had.鈥�
He also said that 海角社区app intends to make an application to the government鈥檚 coronavirus job retention scheme to help offset the cost of supporting employees during the crisis. The scheme is designed to support employers in continuing to pay part of employees鈥� salaries, for employees who would otherwise have been laid off. The government scheme pays 80% of an employee鈥檚 salary up to a maximum of 拢2,500 per month. In devising its scheme, 海角社区app has set no cap and will pay 80% of each affected employee鈥檚 pay.
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