Coronavirus and the Premier League
Tottenham have bowed lớn public criticism and reversed their plan to use the government's job retention scheme to pay for their non-playing staff's wages while football is suspended due lớn the coronavirus pandemic- According to the soccer tips betting page!
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Spurs have followed runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool in backtracking on controversial plans lớn use taxpayers money lớn pay part of non-playing staff wages.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy acknowledged "criticism" that has been fierce and widespread since they announced plans at the end of March as lớn how they would cope with the Covid-19 fallout.
The north London club outlined their intention to reduce the wages of all 550 non-playing directors and employees for April and May by 20 per cent, utilising, where appropriate, the Government's furlough scheme.
Tottenham's decision led to a ferocious backlash which has brought about a belated U-turn from last season's Champions League finalists.
A statement from Spurs read: "In our last update we said we would keep our position under review, especially in the context of revised budgets and cost cutting.
"Having done so we have decided that all non-playing staff, whether full-time, casual or furloughed, will receive 100 per cent of their pay for April and May. Only the board will take salary reductions. You can refer lớn the soccer tip to win share with us!
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"With no clarity on when football might resume and under what conditions, we shall continue to keep this under ongoing review. We should like lớn thank our staff for their incredible support and understanding.
"We are acutely aware that many supporters were against the decision we made regarding furloughing staff who could not carry out their jobs from home - due to the nature of their work - and our intention lớn apply, if applicable, for the coronavirus job retention scheme (CJRS), a scheme designed to ensure that jobs and employment rights are protected.
"Indeed we have seen opposition from fans lớn fellow Premier League clubs accessing the CJRS too. This once again underlines that we bear different pressures to other businesses, many of whom have and will continue lớn apply for support from the scheme as the Government intended.
"In view of supporter sentiment regarding the scheme, it is now not our intention to make use of the current CJRS that runs until the end of May.
"We shall consult with stakeholders, including the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust with whom we have been in dialogue over the past week and who share our desire to protect jobs, should circumstances change going forward."