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Very much agree with the letter to govt from the hospitality industry representative. If employee livelihoods could be protected by govt while businesses are mothballed then they will all have jobs to come back to.
I’ve told staff that if we’re forced to close or business just grinds to a halt then they’ll get full pay for 2 weeks, half pay for 2 weeks and statutory after that. After that point there’ll be no money left. I won’t be paying myself for the foreseeable future and obvs all non essential spending is halted. I regret paying my VAT and rent at the start of the month as realistically these could have been deferred to protect the cash reserve.
Fortunately my wife is the main bread winner and is a teacher so our livelihood is secure. That of my staff is not; 2 x young people with high rent and one my best mate, sole earner in his house with 2 young kids who I just persuaded to come to work for me from a more financially secure business which feels awful right now. Really shitty time for hospitality, this sector needs some safeguards otherwise a huge swathe of the national workforce are fucked.