On Wednesday, BuzzFeed News revealed its staff had complained they didn't feel safe going into work during the coronavirus pandemic.
The clothing retailer Next is closing its warehouses and stopping online orders after BuzzFeed News revealed its staff had complained they didn't feel safe going into work during the coronavirus pandemic.told BuzzFeed News that the government's social distancing guidelines were not being followed on siteIn a statement on Thursday evening, the company said:"NEXT has listened very carefully to its colleagues working in Warehousing and Distribution Operations to fulfil Online orders.
When workers arrived at work on Wednesday, dozens of them stood together waiting to be assigned tasks, one employee had told BuzzFeed News. “There were 50 people stood together brushing shoulders.” A second employee at a different Next distribution centre told BuzzFeed News a similar story. They said that scanners were being passed between dozens of employees per day with only minimal sanitisation.
They also confirmed that staff were having to eat in the road outside because the canteen had been shut.
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