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Spurs reverse decision to furlough non-playing staff after fan opposition

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Spurs reverse decision to furlough non-playing staff after fan opposition
Spurs reverse decision to furlough non-playing staff after fan opposition

Tottenham Hotspur reverse their decision to furlough their non-playing staff following criticism from their supporters.

SHOWS: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - NOVEMBER 20, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM 2.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR CLUB CREST 3.

IMAGES OF PLAYERS INCLUDING CLUB CAPTAIN HARRY KANE 4.

VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF STADIUM 5.

POSTER SAYING 'PASSIONATE ABOUT TOTTENHAM' 6.

VARIOUS OF STADIUM 7.

CARS PARKED OUTSIDE STADIUM LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - APRIL 8, 2019) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8.

VARIOUS INTERIORS OF THE STADIUM LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - MARCH 9, 2020) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 9.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR MANAGER JOSE MOURINHO 10.

HARRY KANE WALKS ON TO TRAINING PITCH 11.

ERIC DIER WARMING UP 12.

GOALKEEPERS, HUGO LLORIS CENTRE, WALKING 13.

PLAYERS WARMING UP 14.

KANE TRAINING 15.

DELE ALLI 16.

PLAYERS TRAINING 17.

MOURINHO WITH ERIK LAMELA 18.

PLAYERS TRAINING STORY: Tottenham Hotspur have reversed their decision to furlough staff during the coronavirus pandemic amid criticism from supporters, the Premier League club said in a statement on Monday (April 13).

Spurs had imposed a 20% pay cut on 550 non-playing staff in April and May to protect jobs.

But the club said on Monday that only board members would see salary reductions and all other employees - whether full-time, casual, or furloughed - would be paid 100% of their wages for April and May.

Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust had said the club's decision to use the government scheme, where employers can claim for 80% of furloughed staff's monthly wages up to 2,500 pounds ($3,000) per month - was harming its reputation.

Additionally, Spurs said medical equipment had been installed in their stadium to operate drive-through COVID-19 testing and swabbing for NHS staff, families and their dependents.

The stadium has also been fitted out to house the North Middlesex Hospital's Women's Outpatient Services, freeing up capacity at the hospital to treat patients with COVID-19 symptoms. Professional football in England had been suspended until April 30.

The Premier League has said the season will only resume when the situation stabilises.

(Production: Kurt Michael Hall)

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