Only A Pavement Away to bridge sick pay gap for members

17 March 2020 by
Only A Pavement Away to bridge sick pay gap for members

Hospitality industry charity Only A Pavement Away, which supports the homeless, ex- offenders, and vulnerable veterans with jobs in hospitality, has committed funding to ensure its members don't fall back into destitution in light of growing concerns over Covid-19.

The charity is diverting existing cash and also seeking fresh funding from supporters to help any member workers forced to self-isolate in the wake of coronavirus – and therefore reliant on statutory sick pay of just £94.25 per week – or any that may face redundancy.

The charity is looking for support from society, associated organisations and philanthropists, calling on them to come forward and support its members.

Only A Pavement Away founder Greg Mangham said: "In light of the present situation, it will be almost inevitable that one of our members will have to self-isolate and may only receive a very small amount of sick pay. Or they may be at a venue forced to shut. This could well act as the catalyst that pushes them back into destitution, the streets, and/or crime.

"We're very mindful that the current turmoil could spark significant job losses and we're determined to support any members facing this. We need to keep people in work and we urge anyone who can, where possible, to support this effort and to make a donation be it large or small, to help those in our communities. We're looking at this with the focus on the people and the communities that hospitality serves. This is yet another opportunity for charity and hospitality to come together – let's take it."

Employees to be eligible for sick pay from first day off in bid to slow coronavirus spread >>

Budget 2020: Chancellor introduces £7b coronavirus business relief including business rate cuts >>

Coronavirus: ‘Worst possible' situation as prime minister tells public to avoid hospitality businesses >>

The Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email

Start the working day with The Caterer’s free breakfast briefing email

Sign Up and manage your preferences below

Check mark icon
Thank you

You have successfully signed up for the Caterer Breakfast Briefing Email and will hear from us soon!

Jacobs Media Group is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

close

Ad Blocker detected

We have noticed you are using an adblocker and – although we support freedom of choice – we would like to ask you to enable ads on our site. They are an important revenue source which supports free access of our website's content, especially during the COVID-19 crisis.

trade tracker pixel tracking