Many workers at a factory that was at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak were told that they would be paid only £95 per week if they self-isolated, their trade union has said.
Earlier this month it emerged that a total of 292 people at the Greencore site in Northampton, where M&S sandwiches are prepared, tested positive for the virus.
Bosses acknowledged that many staff were entitled only to the statutory sick pay rate of £95.85 if they followed instructions to self-isolate.
Ian Hodson, national president of the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union, which represents staff affected, said: “Statutory sick pay does not support people and, in a crisis like this, you can’t expect people to try to survive on £95 per week.”
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