A Scottish Authorities choice to halt limitless sick pay for these affected by Lengthy Covid is a bitter blow for NHS workers. Many frontline well being employees caught the virus within the preliminary wave of infections earlier than vaccines had been out there.
It doesn’t appear proper they need to be punished for affected by a illness few folks understood on the time. Some are nonetheless combating the situation greater than two years after the preliminary coronavirus an infection.
They now fear that they may very well be pressured to depend on meals banks when pre-Covid guidelines on sick pay resume on the finish of subsequent month. That’s not the form of thanks frontline workers deserve.
For a lot of, that may imply six months on full pay and 6 months on half pay. Newer workers members will get much less. It’s not sufficient.
Union leaders have rightly known as for the Scottish Authorities to rethink its choice. They argue that, whereas lengthy Covid continues to be not totally understood, hardworking NHS workers shouldn't be penalised for growing it.
Well being employees who do really feel they want to return to work whereas nonetheless ailing can even doubtlessly put sufferers in danger. Calling off the sick pay scheme at a time after we’re beginning to see an increase in infections additionally appears poorly judged.
Staff who possible caught Covid whereas working for the NHS can’t simply have the rug pulled out from underneath them. It’s grossly unfair the Authorities can merely finish a scheme that individuals nonetheless depend on.
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Touts appear to get in the place a draught can’t. They at all times get their palms on high-demand tickets at face worth solely to resell them at eye-watering costs.
It has been a serious downside for giant occasion organisers for years. So, it was inevitable that unscrupulous ticket touts would try and money in on The Open.
With multiple million golf followers clamouring for entry, the market was fertile for scalpers. Organisers the R&A have vowed to clamp down on the follow.
Tickets can be cancelled if spectators can’t present applicable identification at St Andrews, it says. Let’s hope safety guards impose the strict entry necessities bosses have vowed to impose.
Sending a message that claims tickets resold at astronomical costs can be voided must be sufficient to depart touts struggling within the tough.
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