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Derby stars to withdraw offer to defer 25% of their wages as Wayne Rooney remains locked in talks

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Wayne Rooney continues to lead wage talks with Derby as stars plan to WITHDRAW their offer to defer 25% of their salaries after club pushed for them to give up half their pay Wayne Rooney confirmed he remains at the centre of wage cut talks with Derby  The former England captain said players would refuse … Read more

One MILLION workers are to have bulk of their wages covered by taxpayers

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More than a million furloughed workers will get taxpayer-funded wage subsidies after a huge claims rush by firms. More than 2,200 applications per minute flooded in when the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme opened at 8am yesterday. By 4pm, 140,000 had been received. Chancellor Rishi Sunak praised thousands of staff at HM Revenue and Customs and … Read more

Stella McCartney furloughs hundreds of staff with no plans to top up their taxpayer-funded wages

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Fashion designer Stella McCartney has furloughed hundreds of her staff and asked those who remain working to take a pay cut during the coronavirus crisis. McCartney will use taxpayers’ money offered as part of the Government’s job retention scheme to pay salaries, in a move similar to Victoria Beckham, who has been slammed for furloughing … Read more

Gary Neville: ‘Ban clubs from buying anyone if they have furloughed staff or cut players’ wages’

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‘The Premier League needs to BAN clubs from buying anyone if they have furloughed staff or cut players’ wages’: Gary Neville says it’s ludicrous for clubs to be pleading poverty and then splashing out on transfer targets By Dan Ripley for MailOnline Published: 09:45 BST, 13 April 2020 | Updated: 10:24 BST, 13 April 2020 … Read more

MARTIN SAMUEL: Championship owners are considering group administration to solve wages dilemma  

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The nuclear option, Championship club owners are calling it. In essence, it is evidence of their increasing despair over the impasse around player wages. Owners and chief executives in the second tier of English football have had conversations about a process known as group administration, the last desperate act to avoid ruin, if no common … Read more

Thousands furloughed as firms take up government’s wages offer

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Thousands more workers furloughed as firms take up government’s offer to pay 80% of their wages By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 April 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 6 April 2020 Thousands of workers were furloughed yesterday as more companies jumped on the Government’s offer to pay 80 per cent … Read more

Lady Gaga’s father shuts down GoFundMe asking for $50,000 to help support restaurant staff’s wages

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Lady Gaga’s father shuts down GoFundMe following backlash for asking for $50K to pay restaurant staff’s wages amid coronavirus By Deirdre Simonds For Dailymail.com Published: 16:04 GMT, 28 March 2020 | Updated: 16:11 GMT, 28 March 2020 Lady Gaga’s father Joe Germanotta has shut down a GoFundMe page attempting to raise $50,000 to support his restaurant … Read more

Rick Stein refuses to pay staff wages while his restaurants are closed due to coronavirus

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Rick Stein refuses to pay staff wages while his restaurants are closed due to coronavirus… just days after praising his workers on social media The UK chef and TV personality told staff they won’t be paid for over a month Fellow celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay yesterday laid off more than 500 workers  Workers criticised Stein, … Read more

Radical move to save EFL clubs by putting players on sabbatical with Government help to pay wages

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2020 OLYMPIC GAMES   The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 – becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe held a crucial conference call with Olympics chief Thomas Bach on Tuesday to formally decide a plan and … Read more