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This will be a huge challenge. I really do wish you all the best. I myself am worried and in a fairly safe job.
I’m not sure how temporary redundancies would help both employers and employees? I’d be interested in your opinion.
GoatandTricycle-
There are a lot of businesses, in my sector and others, that will simply disappear if this goes on much longer.
Most of those businesses are essentially sound in all but exceptional circumstances.
One option would be to lay staff off until things get back to normal. This is not something we are considering at the moment, but at some point it may be forced upon us.
If we could lay our staff off without penalty, and if they could get their rent and subsistence supported by the state while this shit goes down, we could mothball the business 'till say September, then get back down on it.
If we had to pay out redundancy packages to everyone - that would be game over.
The point I was making is that for many many businesses, the interests of the owners, and the interests of the employees are one and the same.
Jingle_Jangle
At the moment, they are one and the same thing.
I run a small hospitality / events business. The panic surrounding Coronavirus has, to all intents and purposes, shut down our business.
For the moment, all of the staff are getting paid, but we will, at some point very soon, run out of cash.
Our industry is also choc full of people who work as 'Freelancers' - there is simply no work for them, and won't be until the winter. A hell of a lot of people won't be able to pay their rent this month, never mind panic buying fucking toilet paper.