LONDON: Manchester City will not seek to use the government job retention scheme and furlough staff during the shutdown caused by the coronavirus ...
LONDON: Manchester City will not seek to use the government job retention scheme and furlough staff during the shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Premier League club has told its employees.
Several clubs, including Premier League leaders Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, have drawn fire for taking advantage of the government's scheme which pays 80 per cent of the wages of staff furloughed by their companies due to the global health crisis.City, owned by Sheikh Mansour's Abu Dhabi United Group, are the first Premier League club to state that they will not be going down that route.
"We remain determined to protect our people, their jobs and our business whilst at the same time doing what we can to support our wider community at this most challenging time for everybody."The Professional Footballers' Association is in a stand-off with the Premier League over whether or not players should agree to 30 per cent pay cuts due to the season being suspended.
The players union's apparent reluctance to endorse wage cuts has led to accusations of"infighting" from Oliver Dowden, Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. With the issue of players' wages during the shutdown rumbling on across Europe and England's rich top-flight clubs being closely scrutinised, Liverpool's announcement that it will furlough many employees is looking like a PR own goal." Jurgen Klopp showed compassion for all at the start of this pandemic, senior players heavily involved in @premierleague players taking wage cuts," he said on Twitter.
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