{"id":547948,"date":"2020-03-31T16:10:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=547948"},"modified":"2020-03-31T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T20:10:08","slug":"norwich-city-begin-furloughing-staff-amid-coronavirus-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/03\/31\/norwich-city-begin-furloughing-staff-amid-coronavirus-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwich City Begin Furloughing Staff Amid Coronavirus Pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"

Norwich City<\/a> have become the latest club to start furloughing staff members due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> announced earlier today<\/a> that they would be beginning this process, and the Canaries have now joined them.<\/p>\n

Norwich City Begin Furloughing Staff<\/h2>\n

The Latest to Start the Process<\/h3>\n

Spurs and Newcastle United<\/a> are the most high-profile teams to have begun this process at the moment. Many teams in the EFL have also placed staff, predominantly non-playing, on furlough leave to help alleviate costs throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

Furlough leave allows those staff members to still received 80% of their usual salaries under the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, up to \u00a32,500, while they are not required to work throughout this period.<\/p>\n

The club said: “The club will top up the money received from the scheme to ensure that all furloughed staff receive their usual salary in full.<\/p>\n

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“Where necessary, part-time and casual staff will also be furloughed.<\/div>\n
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“As part of the scheme, furloughed staff will not be permitted to carry out work for the club.<\/p>\n

“The club will continue to monitor and review the situation as it develops.”<\/p>\n

Norwich currently sit bottom of the Premier League table, four points behind 19th-placed Aston Villa<\/a> and six points from escaping the relegation zone.<\/p>\n

Not All Clubs Following Suit<\/h3>\n

While this scheme is being utilised by some clubs, others are not following suit.<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> have confirmed that their will to pay all of the staff on their payroll, while Brighton & Hove Albion<\/a> have confirmed that they will do the same.<\/p>\n

The spread of Coronavirus is not just affecting football in the UK. European giants such as Barcelona<\/a> and Bayern Munich<\/a> have also announced plans on how to reduce their costs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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