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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRishi Sunak: “The government is going to step in and help to pay people’s wages” UK business leaders have expressed “relief” after the government committed to pay the wages of employees unable to work due to the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, the government announced it would pay […]

Two Kroger supermarket employees who need to self-quarantine because they are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 say that the chain is refusing to provide them with emergency paid leave.  Earlier this week, Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen announced an emergency sick leave policy similar to ones put in place by a number of large employers.

Image copyright Reuters The state of New York has ordered staff at all “non-essential” businesses to remain at home as the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise. The move expands earlier restrictions and comes as California on the west coast said its nearly 40 million residents should “shelter in place”. The US has confirmed

The government is to pay 80% of wages for employees not working, up to £2,500 a month, Chancellor Rishi Sunak says. The “unprecedented” measures are part of government plans to protect people’s jobs, he says. Many firms have been warning of collapse, wiping out thousands of jobs, as life in the UK is largely put

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The firm says it will monitor the situation and plans to reopen when it can Holiday park operator Butlin’s has said it will have to lay off 10,000 seasonal workers if it does not get enough state aid to pay their wages. The boss of Bourne Leisure, which owns

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jaguar Land Rover said its plant in China reopened in the week beginning 24 February Jaguar Land Rover is to suspend all production at its plants across the UK, in response to the spread of coronavirus. The firm said manufacturing would stop next week. It plans to resume on

Image copyright Getty Images The boss of one of the UK’s biggest pub chains is keeping its pubs open despite the government’s advice to avoid pubs. Wetherspoon’s chairman Tim Martin told the BBC a shutdown would be “over the top”. He said a sensible balance was for pubs to open but to implement “social distancing”

Image caption Madam Chew has sold food from her stall since the 1980s The mouth-watering food served up by South East Asia’s street food vendors is a vital part of region’s character and tourist appeal. So what happens if you make them pack up and move indoors? In the tiny, two-metre square kitchen where Melvin

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Orion spacecraft seen during a NASA event last week NASA is shutting down two of its space centres to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The US space agency said it will suspend work at its Michoud facility in New Orleans, where a Moon rocket, or Space

Image copyright Cathy Wassell Image caption Digital marketing agency owner Cathy Wassell has been self-employed for 17 years Self-employed people say they are deeply worried about how they will survive with no income due to the impact of the coronavirus, after discovering the financial measures announced by the UK government on Tuesday do not apply