If governments want people to self isolate—and they should—they need to get paid enough to live on. Via WIREDUK
Alex Collinson, an analysis and research officer at the UK’s Trades Union Congress , points out that the reintroduction of the three-day waiting period means that if someone isolates for five days of a week, they only get paid for two days. “It brings SSP down from £96 a week to £39, which is not enough to live off,” he says. “It’s a massive barrier to doing the right thing.”
The new rules are particularly galling for those who are clinically vulnerable and may struggle to return to the workplace. Alison Crockford works in cybersecurity as an awareness manager and is immunosuppressed due to a kidney transplant. “I would love to go back to the office on a hybrid model, but now that testing and isolation is no longer the norm, it's far more difficult for me to travel to the office and work safely,” she explains.
Beyond “getting better at not going to work while sick,” no part of England’s plan gives a credible explanation on how the immunocompromised and people with disabilities are meant to live and do their jobs alongside the virus.
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