Off Topic Corona virus

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Nice touch from our local Iceland store, we have a large out of town one and a smaller one in the town centre. On Wednesday morning 9.00 -11.00 after the shelves have been restocked , they are opening the town centre one to over 65's only, enabling them to shop in peace, without the hussle and bussle most stores have seen around here since Friday, it's honestly been worse than Christmas.
I hope the other supermarkets take note seems a good idea to me I won’t buy more than I need onest injun
 
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Just looked it up on the HMRC site and also Citizens advice, we can't lay anyone off without pay unless it is in their contract (which it isn't). We can lay them off with full pay which defeats the object..... Reading that companies like Virgin can just ask staff to take 8 weeks is infuriating. I guess they're saying take the 8 weeks off or you won't have a job to come back to. Might try that approach and see where it gets us.

Worrying times for all and I told you there was no time to plan for it although I did expect another 3-4 weeks :(

Daughter-In-Law told us she was pregnant at the weekend, I've just messaged her asking where she is and has she seen the news, she said no she doesn't watch or listen to any of it as it is too depressing. There are going to be a lot of shocked people tonight getting home from work and finding out what is going on.


Speak to ACAS mate, they told us something completely different on Friday when we called them.
 
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Speak to ACAS mate, they told us something completely different on Friday when we called them.
Will do but looking on their website just now:

Lay-offs and short-time working
In some situations, an employer might need to close down their business for a short time. Unless it says in the contract or is agreed otherwise, they still need to pay their employees for this time.
 
Will do but looking on their website just now:

Lay-offs and short-time working
In some situations, an employer might need to close down their business for a short time. Unless it says in the contract or is agreed otherwise, they still need to pay their employees for this time.

Ring them, it's not what they told us, or some friends of ours who own a small business.
 
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That's as may be but he is supposed to be the expert. The Government are hardly likely to say "we're not going by your advice, instead we're going to listen to the advice of the Chief Medical Officers of Italy, Spain, Germany, France etc."

That would be wrong - especially if his approach turns out to be right :biggrin: <whistle>
You did that for nearly fifty years, Forza, why stop now? <doh>
 
Watch the **** hit the fan if mosques remain open
This virus seems to be a bit Islamaphobic, it doesn't seem to be including Muslim countries at the moment, I suppose the Wokeflakes will be up in arms about this outrage very soon:emoticon-0105-wink:
 
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